Zen Pen Area Bouldering
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36.13557, -96.40219 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Access Issue: Hiking along the railroad tracks is illegal and parking in the adjacent dirt pullout may get your vehicle towed. BUT the VFW just south is graciously providing access via their gravel parking lot.
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The VFW just a half mile south of the RR crossing is allowing people to park in their gravel parking lot and hike through their property to access the river and its climbing. Please be courteous, responsible, and consider giving them some business or thanking them and dropping a tip!
For 10 years most people parked in a dirt pullout by the RR tracks and hiked alongside the tracks to access the river but it is all BNSF property and hiking alongside the tracks is illegal. They have had multiple vehicles towed as of 3/12/2020.
For 10 years most people parked in a dirt pullout by the RR tracks and hiked alongside the tracks to access the river but it is all BNSF property and hiking alongside the tracks is illegal. They have had multiple vehicles towed as of 3/12/2020.
Description
This is where a bulk of the routes are located. Lots of grades and everything from fun slabs to fun overhangs. Good routes all around.
Again I don't know all the names because i haven't found a good topo from the guys who developed it all, (i am working on that though) if the name of the route is in parentheses () than it is just a random name i gave it and will usually just say something about what the route looks like or climbs like.
Again I don't know all the names because i haven't found a good topo from the guys who developed it all, (i am working on that though) if the name of the route is in parentheses () than it is just a random name i gave it and will usually just say something about what the route looks like or climbs like.
Classic Climbing Routes at Zen Pen Area
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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