Climbing shops near Joe's Valley?

Hey everyone, I'm planning a trip to Joe's valley and was wondering if anyone could recommend a climbing shop nearby. Also, does anyone know if they would rent crash pads? I'm from the east coast and trying to figure out how to get one out there.

Thanks!

Joes in essentially in BFE - bring whatever you need to survive (food, water, booze, etc). The nearest cities with climbing shops would realistically be either Salt Lake City or Denver/Boulder/Golden areas. There are some smaller shops in Glenwood Springs, but you might want to call around, as I am not sure anyone actually rents crashpads.

Moab would be the closest shop to Joe's coming from the East. No one is going to rent a pad that I can think of.
You're going to get a taste of the old west there. Cows, Coal and Well Heads.

If you're driving there west on I-70, there is Summit Canyon Mountaineering in Grand Junction. It's still about 3 hours from Joe's Valley. There is also Pagan Mountaineering in Moab but depending on where you're coming from it's probably going to be pretty far out of the way. They both sell crash pads, but I'm not sure about rentals.

In the other direction, there are climbing shops in Provo (e.g. Mountainworks), a lot closer than SLC.

Passing through Orangeville last month, I noticed the grocery store Food Ranch ( foodranchinc.com/index.html) was marketing pretty heavily to climbers.

If I'm remembering it correctly, they had a sign about pad rentals. While it's certainly no hardcore climbing shop, it's worth giving them a call to see if they'll rent you a pad or two.

Food Ranch does sell the guide book and rent Crash Pads and sell delicious donuts... I hope you're not planning to head to Joes anytime real soon though, it's far too hot right now.

I was also wondering about the time of year of the visit. I got roasted pretty bad at New Joe's in April, but thought maybe you could chase shade in other areas or on specific problems.

If you continue driving up Straight Canyon and around Joe's Valley Reservoir, UT-29 takes you over the Wasatch Plateau to Ephraim--home of Jason Stevens' Pipe Dream Adventure Sports. The drive takes about 1-1.5 hours on good dirt roads.
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Matt Selman wrote:If you continue driving up Straight Canyon and around Joe's Valley Reservoir, UT-29 takes you over the Wasatch Plateau to Ephraim--home of Jason Stevens' Pipe Dream Adventure Sports. The drive takes about 1-1.5 hours on good dirt roads.

In regards to time of year...we got baked in April AND got a snowstorm and 20 degree temps with A LOT of wind. And we were only there for 4 days...I think fall is the best..October/November. It can get REALLY cold at the camping in the canyon and really windy, so bring warm sleeping bags..

Thanks for the help, everyone!

Cup of Joe’s in town rents nice organic crash pads for real cheap. They also sell chalk, brushes and climb on.