{"id":434,"date":"2007-12-19T01:50:24","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T01:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tx.netius.net\/hikes\/rockclimbing\/kern-rock-climbing\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T01:50:24","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T01:50:24","slug":"kern-rock-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/rockclimbing\/kern-rock-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern Rock Climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/GIFS\/scenery\/needleswhitney.jpg\" alt=\"needles climb Sequoia\" border=\"0\" height=\"203\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<address>The Needles as seen from Dome Rock, on the Western Divide Highway.<br \/>\nEastern Sierra&#8217;s Mount Whitney can be seen in the far distance on the right.<br \/>\n<\/address>\n<p><strong>Sierra Nevada Rock Climbing &#8211; Sequoia National Forest<\/strong><font color=\"#007300\" face=\"Helvetica\" size=\"+2\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p>Good granite without the crowds! This Sequoia park is often passed by for the masses heading to the big walls of Yosemite or the bouldering of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these Sequoia spots for some climbing options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dome Rock on the Western Divide (if half dome didn&#8217;t split &amp; was smaller)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/campsites\/22s82-sequoia-nf\/\">Kern River Gorge<\/a><\/strong> (deep in the heart of Kern River &amp; the Rincon)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/21s05-sequoia-nf\/\">The Needles<\/a><\/strong> (granite spires at 8000&#8242; elevation overlooking Kern River Valley)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Needles as seen from Dome Rock, on the Western Divide Highway. Eastern Sierra&#8217;s Mount Whitney can be seen in the far distance on the right. Sierra Nevada Rock Climbing &#8211; Sequoia National Forest Good granite without the crowds! This Sequoia park is often passed by for the masses heading to the big walls of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/rockclimbing\/kern-rock-climbing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kern Rock Climbing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockclimbing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kern Rock Climbing - Total Escape Outside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/rockclimbing\/kern-rock-climbing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kern Rock Climbing - Total Escape Outside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Needles as seen from Dome Rock, on the Western Divide Highway. 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