Columbia Boulder

Columbia Boulder, a thirty-foot granite boulder in Camp 4 at Yosemite National Park, is the largest boulder in that campground and one of the most recognizable stones in an area deeply connected to Yosemite climbing culture. It is prized not chiefly as scenery but as a demanding bouldering site, known for having no easy problems and for famous climbs including Midnight Lightning, Robbins Eliminate, Bates Problem, and Ament Arête. Beyond climbing, it has long served as a social center in Camp 4, where weekly free-coffee discussions from spring through autumn have helped improve relations between climbers and park rangers.

California · United States