Crags
Joshua Tree
United States guidebook sector.
Sector guide
Indian Cove / Rattlesnake Canyon
Browse 204 climbs in this Joshua Tree sector, with practical notes for the approach, base, and suitability.
climbs
204
Every climb in this sector is listed below.
Grade spread
A quick feel for the sector
Every climb is listed below, easiest first.
Grade system shown: French
204 climbs · 2- to 8a · most at 6a–6c+
- 2a–2c 2
- 3a–3c 1
- 4a–4c 7
- 5a–5c 79
- 6a–6c+ 100
- 7a–7c+ 13
- 8a–8c+ 2
Full breakdown (21 grades)
2-
1
2
1
3
1
4b
1
4c
6
5a
16
5b
34
5c
29
6a
31
6a+
22
6b
8
6b+
12
6c
20
6c+
7
7a
2
7a+
5
7b
3
7b+
1
7c
1
7c+
1
8a
2
Route list
Every climb in Indian Cove / Rattlesnake Canyon
Sorted from easiest to hardest.
| Route | Grade | Stars | Ascents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl Power | 2- | – | 0 |
| Watering Hole | 2 | – | 0 |
| Baby Steps | 3 | – | 0 |
| Wooden Nickel | 4b | – | 0 |
| Hitchin' Post | 4c | – | 0 |
| Necktie Party | 4c | – | 0 |
| Red Crystal | 4c | – | 0 |
| Schlitz and Giggles | 4c | – | 0 |
| Sherbert | 4c | – | 0 |
| The Forum | 4c | – | 0 |
| Clipper | 5a | – | 0 |
| Corral Crack | 5a | – | 0 |
| Earnest Stemmingway | 5a | – | 0 |
| Election Fraud Rules | 5a | – | 0 |
| Four Score | 5a | – | 0 |
| Jojoba Heater | 5a | – | 0 |
| Ranch Hand | 5a | – | 0 |
| Riding Shotgun | 5a | – | 0 |
| Road to Utopia | 5a | – | 0 |
| Shotgun Wedding | 5a | – | 0 |
| Stink Steak | 5a | – | 0 |
| Swimming To Antarctica | 5a | – | 0 |
| The Balloon That Would Not Die | 5a | – | 0 |
| The Snakeye Pillar | 5a | – | 0 |
| The White Dihedral | 5a | – | 0 |
| We Aim To Please, So, Please Aim | 5a | – | 0 |
| 200 Motels | 5b | – | 0 |
| A Fistful of Poodles | 5b | – | 0 |
| Approach Pitch | 5b | – | 0 |
| Back Up Singers | 5b | – | 0 |
| Bad Water | 5b | – | 0 |
| Blues for the Red Sun | 5b | – | 0 |
| Charmander | 5b | – | 0 |
| Chuck Wagon Crack | 5b | – | 0 |
| Dig For Fire | 5b | – | 0 |
| Don't Eat the Worm | 5b | – | 0 |
| Funky Fresh | 5b | – | 0 |
| Herd Instinct | 5b | – | 0 |
| Holly Hipkiss | 5b | – | 0 |
| Hop Sing | 5b | – | 0 |
| It's Good To Be King | 5b | – | 0 |
| Kill Them All and Let God Sort Them Out | 5b | – | 0 |
| Monkey Gone to Heaven | 5b | – | 0 |
| Nic Traverse | 5b | – | 0 |
| Party in the West | 5b | – | 0 |
| Pluton Splendor | 5b | – | 0 |
| Pony Express | 5b | – | 0 |
| Slippery Slope | 5b | – | 0 |
| Squirty | 5b | – | 0 |
| Starrbonne | 5b | – | 0 |
| Stucco | 5b | – | 0 |
| Taken for Granite | 5b | – | 0 |
| Tammy Pentacost | 5b | – | 0 |
| The Arena | 5b | – | 0 |
| The Hammer | 5b | – | 0 |
| The Mormon Sleepover | 5b | – | 0 |
| The Vacation Boge | 5b | – | 0 |
| Udi Slab routes A and B (unknown names) | 5b | – | 0 |
| Wide Ride | 5b | – | 0 |
| Wild Goose Chase | 5b | – | 0 |
| Angel's Desire | 5c | – | 0 |
| Canadian Driftwood (aka The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) | 5c | – | 0 |
| Caterpillar | 5c | – | 0 |
| Cooter | 5c | – | 0 |
| Coyote Crack | 5c | – | 0 |
| Custer's Last Stand | 5c | – | 0 |
| Dead Man's Hand | 5c | – | 0 |
| Drinkin' Buddy | 5c | – | 0 |
| Eraserhead | 5c | – | 0 |
| Esplanade Bike Trail | 5c | – | 0 |
| Exfoliation Confrontation | 5c | – | 0 |
| Gropler Zorn | 5c | – | 0 |
| High Plains Drifter | 5c | – | 0 |
| I Dress My Self | 5c | – | 0 |
| Kat's Meow | 5c | – | 0 |
| Little Evil | 5c | – | 0 |
| Lung Butter | 5c | – | 0 |
| Marked Card | 5c | – | 0 |
| Only Outlaws Have Guns | 5c | – | 0 |
| Pretty Woman | 5c | – | 0 |
| Split Tail | 5c | – | 0 |
| The Chick Magnet | 5c | – | 0 |
| The Flamboyant Arrow | 5c | – | 0 |
| The Little Big Man | 5c | – | 0 |
| Three Day Stubble | 5c | – | 0 |
| Vajayjay | 5c | – | 0 |
| Warm Shoulder | 5c | – | 0 |
| Way Out West | 5c | – | 0 |
| Wildman | 5c | – | 0 |
| African Queen | 6a | – | 0 |
| Alien Head | 6a | – | 0 |
| Bort | 6a | – | 0 |
| Bucket Bronco | 6a | – | 0 |
| Bury Me With My Boots On | 6a | – | 0 |
| Col. Flagg | 6a | – | 0 |
| Czech Crack | 6a | – | 0 |
| Dutch Oven | 6a | – | 0 |
| Feeling Mary | 6a | – | 0 |
| Foxtail Fryer | 6a | – | 0 |
| Fully Fledged | 6a | – | 0 |
| Hang 'em High | 6a | – | 0 |
| High Tops (Cheops) | 6a | – | 0 |
| Jen | 6a | – | 0 |
| Jumbo Pumping Refiners Poodle | 6a | – | 0 |
| Librarian Lust | 6a | – | 0 |
| Mountain Lion Attack | 6a | – | 0 |
| Postmaster Pleasure | 6a | – | 0 |
| Report all Gunshot Wounds | 6a | – | 0 |
| Six Finger Fist | 6a | – | 0 |
| Six-Gun by My Side | 6a | – | 0 |
| Student Body | 6a | – | 0 |
| Taller Than Texas | 6a | – | 0 |
| The Melon Cracker | 6a | – | 0 |
| The Neenee | 6a | – | 0 |
| The Sanga's On Fire | 6a | – | 0 |
| Too Old To Die Young (aka Cactus Pete's) | 6a | – | 0 |
| Waltz for Debby | 6a | – | 0 |
| Welcome to Indian Country | 6a | – | 0 |
| Wetmore | 6a | – | 0 |
| Wounded Knee | 6a | – | 0 |
| Asia Carrera | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Bulkhead Arete | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Cactus Cooler | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Colocado Crack | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Cuatro Manos | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Desperado | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Dora The Explorer | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Firewater Chimney | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| High Noon | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Horney Goat Weed | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Jumbo Pumping Love | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Madam, I'm Adam | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| One Size Does Not Fit All | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Party in the Desert | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Party till Ya' Puke | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Peace Pipe | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Stink Finger | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Test Pilot | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Triple Bypass | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Vermicious Knids | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Witch Hunt | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| Wrap That Rascal | 6a+ | – | 0 |
| 211 | 6b | – | 0 |
| City Slickers | 6b | – | 0 |
| Fur | 6b | – | 0 |
| The Hoosegow | 6b | – | 0 |
| The KD Boulder Crack | 6b | – | 0 |
| The Onion | 6b | – | 0 |
| Unknown | 6b | – | 0 |
| You're the One For Me, Fatty | 6b | – | 0 |
| Boortemus | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Bourbon on Ice | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Detachable Penis | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Exiled in Sweden | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| King Of Jesters, Jester To Kings | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Love Comes in Spurts | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Murf's Law | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| My Helmet is Bigger Than Your Helmet | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Tribal Gambling | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Udi | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Virginia City | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Wild Wild West | 6b+ | – | 0 |
| Alchemy | 6c | – | 0 |
| Bridge of Sighs | 6c | – | 0 |
| Desert Whale | 6c | – | 0 |
| Devil's Advocate | 6c | – | 0 |
| Finley's Crack | 6c | – | 0 |
| Friendly Fire | 6c | – | 0 |
| Granite Dance | 6c | – | 0 |
| Hangman Jury | 6c | – | 0 |
| Headless Horseman | 6c | – | 0 |
| Journey To The East | 6c | – | 0 |
| Pictures of Home | 6c | – | 0 |
| Return To Hell | 6c | – | 0 |
| Roy's Route | 6c | – | 0 |
| Shake, Rattle And Roll | 6c | – | 0 |
| Stealth Pillar Right | 6c | – | 0 |
| The Little Todd | 6c | – | 0 |
| Todd Gordon Memorial Chossy Pile of Radness (aka The Big Todd) | 6c | – | 0 |
| Venous Vernish | 6c | – | 0 |
| Waltzing Wern | 6c | – | 0 |
| White Noise | 6c | – | 0 |
| A Good Day to Die | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| After Becky | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Frontier Justice | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Last of the Famous International Playboys | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Mulholland Drive | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Slightly Out of Our Minds | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| The Cold Shoulder | 6c+ | – | 0 |
| Powered by Old English | 7a | – | 0 |
| The Last of the Gohegans | 7a | – | 0 |
| Air America | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Eagle Talons | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| The Last Stand | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| The Little Big Horn | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| The Tomahawk | 7a+ | – | 0 |
| Eureka! | 7b | – | 0 |
| Honky Justice | 7b | – | 0 |
| Stealth Pillar Center | 7b | – | 0 |
| Deception | 7b+ | – | 0 |
| South of Heaven | 7c | – | 0 |
| Cold Fusion | 7c+ | – | 0 |
| Hot Tamale | 8a | – | 0 |
| Icebreaker | 8a | – | 0 |
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