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Basic Training Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Basic Training Wall

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	101 St. S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Agent Orange S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Boot Camp S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Frontal Assault S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Gunny's Highway S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Left Flank, Right Flank S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	This Is My Gun S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	This Is My Rifle S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13

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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023 Details

Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Description

Basic Training Wall is located on the hillside 100 yards right of Combat Rock. It is a short wall (55 feet) that has most of the components required to climb on combat (smears, edges, seams, cracks, and a roof). All of the routes are bolted. It was difficult to find good anchor placements due to some of the loose nature of the rock at the top. The leftmost anchor is 6 feet back from the edge and is only usable as a TR with a long sling. Want an introduction to the type of climbing on Combat?, this will give you an idea.

Getting There

Take US Highway 34 from Loveland to Drake. Take County Road 43 (Glenhaven Road) to the right at Drake. After about a quarter of a mile, turn right on the forest access road that goes up to Cedar Park. Follow the road up thru the switchbacks. At the end of the last switchback lies the pullout for Combat Rock. Park here. Start down the Combat Rock trail and head up the other side as for approaching Combat. Go through a small rock band uphill towards the second, larger rock band. Just prior to this band, a faint trail heads uphill to the northwest. The wall is on the left about 100 yards uphill. There is a fallen ponderosa leaning on the left side of the wall, a fallen soldier from the Bobcat Fire back in 2002.

L->R:

1. Frontal Assault, 7 PG-13, 1p, 45', bolts.
2. Boot Camp, 7+ PG-13, 1p, 45', bolts.
3. 101 St., 8+, 1p, 55', bolts.
4. This Is My Rifle, 9 PG-13, 1p, 55', bolts.
5. This Is My Gun, 9+ PG-13, 1p, 55', bolts.
6. Agent Orange, 8+ PG-13, 1p, 55', bolts.
7A. Left Flank, 8 PG-13, 1p, 55', bolts.
7B. Right Flank, 10- PG-13, 1p, 55', bolts.
8. Gunny's Highway, 7 PG-13, 1p, 45', bolts.