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Indian Creek Rock Climbing

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Areas in Indian Creek

1st Meat Wall 32

2nd Meat Wall 52

3D 14

4X4 36

Altitude Wall 2

Battle of the Bulge Buttress 49

Beach, The 28

Big Sky Country 2

Bioturbation Wall 24

Bitchin' Buttress 2

Blue Grama Cliff 19

Bridger Jacks, The 24

Broken Tooth 34

Cactus Butt 1

Cat Wall 93

Church Rock 2

Circus Wall 4

Cliffs of Insanity 71

Critic's Choice 41

Cultural Respect wall 2

Disappointment Cliffs 21

Donnelly Canyon 34

Dove Creek Wall 7

Eastwood Crag 10

Echoes Wall 6

Election Wall 17

Entrance Corridor 17

Far Side 3

Fin Wall 38

Fist Fight 3

Forgotten Tower 1

Fringe of Death Canyon 0

Fringe Walls 26

Gangsters Paradise 8

Gash, The 21

Habitado 28

Hamburger Rock 1

High Horse 24

Hurt Locker Area 15

Lavender Butte/The Happy Submarine 7

Left Rambo (aka "Gasp Wall") 10

Lockhart Basin 1

New Wave 3

North Six Shooter Peak 7

Old Crusty 11

Optimator, The 47

Original Meat Wall 16

Orion's Bow 1

Over the Hill 9

Petrified Hornet Wall 14

Pistol Whipped 56

Pods Wall 10

Power Wall 23

Prickly Pear 3

Public Service Wall 42

Reservoir Wall 62

Sabbatical Wall 42

Sacred Cow Wall 21

Scarface 64

Selfish Wall 47

Shock and Awe 9

Sinbad Wall aka Nuclear Wall 36

Six Star Wall 6

Slug Wall 11

South Sixshooter 7

Sparks Wall 43

Suburbia 16

Supercrack Buttress 55

Technicolor Wall 35

Tenderloins Wall 22

Three Tower Buttress 4

Trick or Treat Wall 38

Tricks Wall 1

Vision Wall 1

Vitamin D Wall 7

Wall Mart 12

Wall, The 41

Way Rambo 31

Whale, The 1

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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas such as CAT WALL and RESERVOIR WALL in Indian Creek Details

WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.

RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring.

Access Issue: Limited Toilet Facilities! Details

2025 Raptor Avoidance Areas. blm.gov/announcement/blm-as…

Map of closed areas: blm.gov/visit/indian-creek-…

For questions regarding climbing routes and avoidance areas please contact Jeremy Martin, Outdoor Recreation Planner, at the BLM Monticello Field Office at 435-587-1500.

Limited toilet/port a potty facilities: Have poop plan! Visit: facebook.com/friendsofindia…
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Description

There are lots of cracks here on the Wingate sandstone. Lots of people now, too. Tread lightly.

Do not park on crust. Period. Even if the parking area / lot is full. Even if you really dont think it matters much - and everyone else did anyways. If we do not stop parking on crust we will lose our access to these climbing areas.

You can view weather data for the Creek at these two link. Be sure to change your start and end dates! These data are maintained by Utah State University and the Utah Geological Survey.
Canyonlands Research Center (across from the Reservoir Wall)
Dugout Ranch (across from the Cat Wall)

Mind your animals. This is a very public place with a lot of people. Not everyone wants their crotch nuzzled with a dogs muzzle.

Please Respect and Protect archaeological sites: Stay on trail, help prevent damage. Don’t move artifacts, let everyone enjoy the discovery. Stay out of ancient buildings and off walls, they are fragile! Report looting and vandalism: 1 800 722 3998

Getting There

To get to the Creek from Moab, go south on US 191 toward Monticello and look for SH 211, which includes a Canyonlands sign, and go right (west). Watch for the Utah State Patrol on 191 and Mule Deer on 211. After the road winds and goes downhill, you will pass Newspaper Rock on your right. In a few miles you have pretty much entered Indian Creek Canyon.

Respect and Protect

BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner

You can contact Jason Byrd for questions or concerns about the management in Indian Creek.

Climber Avoidance Areas (raptor)

Raptor Closure: Begins March 1, 2025

The BLM asks the public to avoid climbing or hiking in areas with high potential or historically known to have bird nesting activity. The impacted areas are referred to in many climbing guidebooks as: The Wall, Far Side, The Meat Walls, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, and Reservoir Wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Indian Creek

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 1,004 ● Blue Sun Trad Way Rambo
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Steep Snow 1,485 ● Supercrack of the Desert (aka Lu… Trad, Snow 3 pitches Supercrack Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 1,543 ● Incredible Hand Crack Trad Supercrack Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 433 ● Jolly Rancher Trad Pistol Whipped
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 439 ● Pente Trad Reservoir Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 425 ● Lightning Bolt Cracks Trad N Six Shooter Peak
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 1,023 ● Scarface Trad Scarface
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 324 ● Rock Lobster Trad Broken Tooth
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 324 ● Excuse Station Trad Reservoir Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 376 ● Spaghetti Western Trad Pistol Whipped
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 240 ● Sinestra Trad Original Meat Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 288 ● Jupiter Crack Trad Sparks Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 629 ● Annunaki Trad Optimator
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 405 ● Coyne Crack Trad Supercrack Buttress
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 421 ● Way Rambo Trad Way Rambo