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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.?
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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.
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
"Water World" during a water shortage, this route climbs up the strange hanging "tube" near the center of the crag. Climb up low angle rock, step right past 2 closely spaced bolts and the massively deceptive crux to gain the start of the "Tube" around the corner and out of sight at the beginning. Worm up the tube using any technique you want, from chimney or stem, or face climb the edges past a few more tricky bulges to a cable anchor. The leader is pretty much out of sight for most of upper half so make sure of your communications before taking anybody off belay, PLEASE!!! We used double ropes and rapped from the anchors at the top of "Dick van Dike" out of sight and a scary scramble to the east (right, facing uphill). We were tempted to just rap from the cable but were a little hesitant because of a few potential "rope eating" features under the anchor.
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