Famous Bouldering Areas
Boulder, Colorado is legendary with bouldering opportunities and fierce clean climbing ethic, particularly in the Crown Rocks area featuring notable first bouldering ascents by John Gill, Chuck Pratt and Pat Ament. Particularly famous is the Pratt Mantle, relatively easy but a classic mantle; the Pratt Overhang, a classic off-width, an adjacent John Gill face problem, and the forty foot Monkee Traverse. Its blue sandstonish rock affords an opportunity to experience the use of smear holds while only a short bike ride away, Boulder Canyon provides Schawangunk-like edging on grey rock with its own plethora of bouldering and short climbs. The region around Fontainebleau near Paris is particularly famous for its beautiful and concentrated bouldering areas. Other well-known areas are: Chironico (Switzerland), Stanage (UK), Hueco Tanks (Texas), Val Masino and Val di Mello (Italy), Castle Hill (New Zealand), Bishop (California), Joe's Valley (Utah), Yosemite (California), Rocktown (Georgia), Rocklands (South Africa), Cocalzinho de Goiás (Brazil), Kjugekull (Sweden), Hampi (India) Horse Pens 40 (Alabama) and Horseshoe Canyon Ranch (Arkansas) amongst others.
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