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Description 

The Rectory is the mesa in between Castleton Tower and the Priest. There are several very classic free climbs here that are among the most popular in the Castle Valley area. A good hardman linkup is to do a route on Castleton, the Rectory, and the Priest in a day - though that sounds pretty brutal to me.


Getting There 

Hike up the Castleton trail to near the top of the talus cone. A trail continues across the ridgeline to the base of the Rectory. Fine Jade will be staring you in the face as you walk across the ridgeline.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Rectory:
Fine Jade   5.11a     Trad, 5 pitches, Grade III   
Crack Wars   5.11a/b     Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet   
Coyote Calling   5.11+     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade III   
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Crack Wars 5.11a/b  UT : Moab Area : ... : The Rectory
In response to the Crack epidemic, this climb does not seem to get the traffic it deserves....Crack wars has amazing hand cracks, fist cracks, and even a little OW thrown in to keep things interesting- so, grab that fat rack and head up the hill for a little fun!P1-Jam thin hands crack, that slowly widens to hands and fists (4 star pitch!) to ledge on left with bolted anchor-5.10+ 90 ft.P2-Fun fist/OW climbing leads to short traverse left and small roof, 15 more feet of wide climbing will lead ...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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The Rectory

The Rectory

Approaching Fine Jade.

Approaching Fine Jade.

The Rectory as seen from the north face of Castleton

The Rectory as seen from the north face of Castlet...

As seen from the north face of Castleton

As seen from the north face of Castleton

The Rectory and Castleton late in the day

The Rectory and Castleton late in the day

Party on the Jade

Party on the Jade

View south from the summit with some friends.

View south from the summit with some friends.

The ridge from Castleton North Face to The Rectory and a precarious staging area for Chuck.

The ridge from Castleton North Face to The Rectory...

The Priest, The Nuns, and The Rectory. 11/7/10

The Priest, The Nuns, and The Rectory. 11/7/10

Rectory from the approach trail

Rectory from the approach trail

Rectory from Castleton

Rectory from Castleton

evening light on the Rectory

evening light on the Rectory

The Rectory

The Rectory

6 <a href='/v/fine-jade/105717322'>Fine Jade</a>

BETA PHOTO: 6 Fine Jade


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By Scott Krankkala
Apr 7, 2010

Does anybody know why there is lumber on top of the rectory. While on top we found a 4ft 4x4 and some other smaller pieces. I know that the lumber on top of Castleton was the result of a car commercial does anybody know why there is similar stuff on top of the Rectory?

By Jay Eggleston
From: Littleton
Apr 7, 2010

The wood is from the filming of a music video. The group "Heaven" performed "Knockin' on heaven's Door". 1985.

By Brad Brandewie
Apr 7, 2010

By Anthony Everhart
May 11, 2011

That is awsome! I rocked that song and movie as a kid! Now I have a theme song. Rectory radness!

By Alexander Nees
From: Grand Junction, CO
May 12, 2011

That's horrifying. Those butte and mesa tops are some of the last examples of relatively unimpacted, ungrazed desert vegetation available for study. It's crucial that we know what the environment is capable of becoming if we're going to make decisions about what we want to manage it to be. Doing a large-scale construction project up there basically destroys that opportunity. Yeah, yeah, climbers go up there all the time, it's not remote, etc etc. What can I say? One, I'm a climber and I like climbing things, but I'm not a Bon Jovi fan, so climbing takes preference in my selfish world. Two, climbers are mostly topping out, sitting on the rim for a few minutes, and then rapping down. I can't imagine the disruption to the vegetation and soil caused by filming that video. AND they didn't clean it up. BARF. The car commercial on Castleton was from like the late 50s/early 60s. By 1985 we knew better.

By Jeremy Aslaksen
From: Albuquerque, NM
May 12, 2011

Quit your whining.

It's Bon Jovi.

By grk10vq
Administrator
May 12, 2011

i heard Bon Jovi was pissed when he saw bolts up there.

By slim
May 13, 2011

i heard a story about richie sambora and heather locklear on the summit....

By b hof
From: P West, CO
Mar 22, 2013

Kurc 3/18/13 it was a huge bummer to see that you left your mark on the summit.