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Elevation: 7,000 ft
GPS: 35.0819, -111.601
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Shared By: Colin Cox on Apr 12, 2007
Admins: Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

Description Suggest change

Priest Draw is a beautiful, grassy plain 50 yards wide that separates sporadic limestone bluffs on each side. Most of the climbing is on the sunny, south facing side of the Draw, and the bluffs are spread out over a 2 mile distance from the beginning of the road.

One of the only free standing boulders, The Triangle Boulder, greets visitors with dead vertical warm-ups and a variety of good eliminates. Behind the Triangle is a nice little wall with several good problems and a plaque commemorating Robert Drysdale, a prolific developer of the area.

A little further down the road is the parking area. Back in the day you could drive the road right up to any of the bluffs in the Draw, but overuse by a variety of user groups eventually led to it's closure and the creation of the parking area around 2002. Camping is not permitted here, but a road forking left just before the parking area leads to a number of good sites.

A handful of walls and roofs, such as Killer Wall, Pottery Wall, White Wall and Puzzle Box, are just a minutes walk from the parking area. Anorexic, Monster and Mars roofs have the longest walks...about 15-20 minutes.

Climbers are by far the biggest user group here now, and so keeping Priest Draw beautiful is largely our responsibility.

Getting There Suggest change

Head towards The Pit, pass the pullout, take next right follow road for about 3.5 miles take right turn onto dirt road and park at preist draw sign (300 yds)

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Classic Climbing Routes at Priest Draw

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V3+ 6A+
 271
The Bat Cave
Boulder
V4 6B
 50
Bat Roof Direct
Boulder
V6 7A
 132
Anorexic Sacrifice
Boulder
V6 7A
 52
Twister
Boulder
V6+ 7A
 40
Floor Pie
Boulder
V7 7A+
 66
Move N' Groove Barbie
Boulder
V8 7B
 40
Carnivore
Boulder
V8 7B
 24
R God is Neither
Boulder
V9 7C
 35
Carnivore Direct
Boulder
V9-10 7C+
 28
Cosmic Tricycle
Boulder
V10 7C+
 33
The Receptionist
Boulder
V10 7C+
 24
The Girl
Boulder
V10+ 7C+
 10
Lolita
Boulder
V11 8A
 11
The Girl from Ipanema
Boulder
V11 8A
 4
BK Broiler (anorexic direct)
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
The Bat Cave Bat Roof
 271
V3+ 6A+ Boulder
Bat Roof Direct Bat Roof
 50
V4 6B Boulder
Anorexic Sacrifice Anorexic Roof
 132
V6 7A Boulder
Twister Floor Pie Roof / Flyi…
 52
V6 7A Boulder
Floor Pie Floor Pie Roof / Flyi…
 40
V6+ 7A Boulder
Move N' Groove Barbie Monster Roof
 66
V7 7A+ Boulder
Carnivore Anorexic Roof
 40
V8 7B Boulder
R God is Neither Puzzle Box
 24
V8 7B Boulder
Carnivore Direct Anorexic Roof
 35
V9 7C Boulder
Cosmic Tricycle Puzzle Box
 28
V9-10 7C+ Boulder
The Receptionist Mars Roof
 33
V10 7C+ Boulder
The Girl Mars Roof
 24
V10 7C+ Boulder
Lolita Mars Roof
 10
V10+ 7C+ Boulder
The Girl from Ipanema Mars Roof
 11
V11 8A Boulder
BK Broiler (anorexic direct) Anorexic Roof
 4
V11 8A Boulder
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