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The North Towers Rock Climbing

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Routes in The North Towers

	In Without Knocking T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Meadowlark T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Morning Red T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Elevation:	6,300 ft
GPS:	42.1457, -113.6676 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: (1) BLM Managed Lands at Castle Rocks PERMANENTLY CLOSED TO CLIMBING!! Castle Rocks State Park and US Forest Sevice lands are OPEN TO CLIMBING. US Forest Service Lands closed to new route developement. (2) Highlining temporary ban in place at CIRO/CRSP Details

(1) The BLM has amended the Cassia Resource Management Plan (RMP) to permanently close the 400 acres of land it manages in the Castle Rocks Interagency Recreation Area to staging, traditional rock climbing, sport climbing and bouldering, as well as overnight camping and development of new trails. Here is a link to a map that shows the BLM land in yellow. parksandrecreation.idaho.go…

The adjacent Castle Rocks State Park and the National Forest Service land to the north remains OPEN TO CLIMBING,
as does the nearby City of Rocks National Reserve.

(2) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
By the authority of the park manager, Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is temporarily prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

The park(s) is reviewing highlining activities. Here are Google Drive links to the closure and the updated Code of Regulations for CIRO. drive.google.com/open?id=1y… and drive.google.com/open?id=1Y…

Arrest and/or hefty fines are likely if caught rock climbing with ropes and gear in the BLM land.

Please respect this closure to ensure access to the open climbing at Castle Rocks is not threatened.

The "Final Supplementary Rules for the Castle Rocks Land Use Plan Amendment Area, Idaho" is located in the Federal Registry. This document gives the details on the closure but doesn't provide a map. You can check it out here: federalregister.gov/documen…

Description

A secluded location with a nice, sunny southern aspect.

A half dozen or so selection of routes ranging from 5.7 to 5.11.

One of the more recent editions to the Castle Rock State Park, this area opened to route development in late October of 2008. Was initially known in the planning stages of Zone 2B as Rock #12.

Getting There

Approach via the road that travels out to the Taco and Fence Line Rock. Most convenient parking location may be the parking lot just west of the Ranch House.

Hike past and in between the Taco and Fence Line Rock, continuing north. Pass the turn off for the Tidal Wave Wall. Pass the turn off for the Gila Wall. As the trail/road continues north (following Almo Creek on its west side), the next turn off to the west is the turn off to the North Towers.

The trail continues in a big left turn bend which goes around the North Towers to the north, west, and then south eventually looping around through the backcountry behind the state park and coming back into the park via the Johnson Creek drainage. A nice hike/bike/horse loop trail.