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San Rafael Swell - South Rock Climbing

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Areas in San Rafael Swell - South

Airport Towers 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 3

Back of the Reef 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Crack Canyon 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Ding Dang Dome 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Eardley Canyon 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 7

Eastern Reef Area.. AKA The Sandstone Alps 225 / 37 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 235

Factory Butte 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Family Butte 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 8

Flat Tops 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Head of Sinbad South 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 3

Little Wild Horse Canyon 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Long Dong Silver Area 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4

Lucky Strike Mine Area 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2

Mudstrosity, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Red Canyon (near Viewfinder Towers) 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 4

Reds Canyon 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 5

San Rafael Knob 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Sulphur Canyon Area 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 3

Swaseyland 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 8

Temple Mountain 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Termite Tower 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Tomsich Butte 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Tomsich Peak 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Turkey Tower 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 4

Upper Muddy Creek 13 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 16

Viewfinder Towers 13 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 15

Wild Horse Window 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Description

The areas and routes under this description are all south of I-70.

The southern San Rafael Swell is a huge area with big slabs on the San Rafael Reef, isolated towers, and domes. Currently there are well over two hundred routes in the Reef area alone with potential for many more.

Free camping is available pretty much everywhere and the nearest services are in Green River about 14 miles from the Reef.

It is a good idea to have maps of the area as you will likely see no one, and there are many old roads all over the place.

However the roads into the Reef Slab area from I-70 or the Hanksville Road (Rte 24) are very straightforward
It is hoped that this area and the Northern Swell be kept as a place of adventure climbing .

Getting There

This huge spread out area is south of I70 west of Green River. Everything is very spread out so more specific directions will be included with the rock formations themselves.See Getting there on Eastern Reef Slabs and Walls section.

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Classic Climbing Routes at San Rafael Swell - South

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

V-easy 3 X 8 ● Flo and Al's/School For Advanced… Trad, Boulder Factory Butte
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 17 ● The Road to Mecca Trad 5 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > E Crags (DBC Canyon)
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 100 ● 1000' of Fun Trad 5 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > O Crags (Three Finger…
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 8 ● The Great North Ridge Trad 9 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > B Crags (Spotted Wolf…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 15 ● Firebird Trad 5 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > A Crags
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 25 ● 1200' of more Fun Trad 6 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > O Crags (Three Finger…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 41 ● Death by Chocolate Trad 9 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > E Crags (DBC Canyon)
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 8 ● Day of Atonement Trad 9 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > E Crags (DBC Canyon)
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Knights-Errant Trad 5 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > O Crags (Three Finger…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Karma's Castle in the Air Trad San Rafael Knob
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 6 ● The Dark Side Trad Eastern Reef Ar… > B Crags (Spotted Wolf…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3 5 ● Long Dong Silver Trad, Aid Long Dong Silver Area
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 6 ● The Gorilla Trad 2 pitches Airport Towers
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 8 ● The Cat's Me-ow. Trad, Sport Eastern Reef Ar… > O Crags (Three Finger…
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 6 ● Super Crack of the Reef Trad 2 pitches Eastern Reef Ar… > B Crags (Spotted Wolf…