Bouldering in the Buttermilks, Happy Boulders

Photos by Trevor Pound- I have been blessed to have lived in the Sierra Nevada for six years. Between the classic granite you will find in Tahoe, the awesome pocketed tuff in Mammoth, and the beautiful, very large boulders in Bishop, you could climb something new every day for years. We went to Bishop for a little while and explored the Happys, the Sads, and the Buttermilks. I love the Sierras and can't wait to spend some more time exploring the landscapes and the hundreds of thousands of climbs just within a few hours of each other.

Arete problem in the Happy Boulders

The sunset behind Mt. Tom

View of Bishop Valley from the Happy Boulders

Sunset behind Mt. Tom

Unknown climber in the Old Country, with Lake Tahoe in the background

Curtis Heinz at Old Country

Curtis Heinz at Old Country, Lake Tahoe

Curtis Heinz at the Washoe Boulders, night shot

Curtis Heinz at Washoe Boulders

Curtis Heinz at the Washoe Boulders

Curtis Heinz hanging on the Tsunami Boulder, Washoe Boulders

Curtis Heinz rock hopping in the Old Country

Curtis Heinz on the Grinch Boulder, Christmas Valley

Curtis Heinz starting up the Tsunami Boulder, Washoe Boulders

John Tollefsrud downclimbing Grandma Peabody

Evilution (V12/13), Grandpa Peabody Boulder, Buttermilk Boulders

Sunset behind Mammoth and the Minarets, taken from the Catacombs

Owens River Gorge

Happy Boulders

In the Happy Boulders

Trevor Pound on the Green Wall, Buttermilk Boulders

Trevor Pound on the Hueco Boulder, Happy Boulders

Trevor Pound on Not the Clapper, Happy Boulders

Trevor Pound at the Washoe Boulders

Mike Eadington at the Secret Beach Boulders, Lake Tahoe

Mike Eadington at Old Country

Pat Hagberg on the Tsunami Boulder, Washoe Boulders

Pat Hagberg on Not the Clapper, Happy Boulders

Pat Hagberg on The Hulk (V6), Happy Boulders

Pat Hagberg at the Washoe Boulders

Pat Hagberg at the Happy Boulders

Unknown climber on Big Chicken (V4), Happy Boulders

John Tollefsrud on a Grandma Peabody 5.9 solo

John Tollefsrud at the Happy Boulders

John Tollefsrud on Black Magic (V3)

John Tollefsrud on Black Magic (V3), Happy Boulders

John Tollefsrud downclimbing Grandma Peabody

John Tollefsrud on Heavenly Path, Happy Boulders

John Tollefsrud on the Grandma Peabody Boulder, Buttermilk Boulders

John on top of Grandma Peabody after soloing the 5.9

John Tollefsrud at the Happy Boulders

John Tollefsrud on Grandma Peabody

Kevin Stakey on the Green Wall, Buttermilks

Brian Sweeney in the Old Country, Lake Tahoe

Brian Sweeney

Brian Sweeney in Old Country, Lake Tahoe