Waterman Ski Area Rock Climbing
Park at the Waterman Ski Resort. Either take the easy way up left (if you're looking up the mountain) or walk straight up. As of 2025 there's a use trail going up the right slope. It's switchbacks a few times.
According to the Angeles Crest Scenic Byway Roadside Inventory, "Mt. Waterman Ski Area was founded in 1941 with a car below the road that furnished the rear axle to power a rope tow up to the road. If one knows where to look on the wide sweeping comeback beginners trail from the top of Chair #2 to the bottom of the chair, there is a large Jeffery pine on the north side of the run that has carved words in it, located on the south side. This dates back to about the turn of the twentieth century." Amazing information. I'm excited to look for that tree! "The Inventory" continues, "By 1950, there were nine private ski clubs with rope tows along Angeles Crest Hwy." Nine!? Wow.