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Palisades Creek
Idaho
> E Idaho
Description
Palisades creek is a truly wonderful place to visit. The hike alone is amazing. Two climbing sectors exist, about 200 yards apart, The Pines and Weeping Cave. Both areas are comprised of very decent limestone located about 2 miles from the trail head. Beautiful settings, seclusion, and great climbs for intermediate to expert climbers make for an amazing crag!
Getting There
From Idaho Falls, head east on highway 26 past Swan Valley and Irwin. Turn left on Palisades Creek Road. Follow this road past the campground (about 2 miles) and park at the last parking lot. Hike about 2 miles up the trail that parallels the creek. When you cross the bridge you're about half way (not the bridge at the parking area obviously). The crags are both located on the left side of the trail. Look for smaller trails that leave main trail. The first area is the Pines. The second and larger area is the Weeping Cave. The Weeping Cave trail is more worn and this rock is easier to see from the main trail. The Pines area is harder to see from the trail, but it is located about 200 yards down canyon from the Weeping Cave up a faint trail.
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The hike in is about 2 miles, the bridge is half way. once you cross the scree field (the trail continues through with a large scree field on the left, the end of which has a big-scree-gully on the left, you continue about 200 more yards and the pines trail (very faint) leaves to the left- we put a small Cairn there. and you cannot see the climbs from the main trail.. if you miss this or are trying to get to the Weeping Cave. continue another 200 yards and you cant miss the Weeping Wall train, we put a small cairn here as well with a slightly larger one just off the trail.
As far as I could tell, "ages of you" and "Toys in the Attic" are the only two routes listed here that are at the pines. there are a handful of other routes over there including a super mellow 5.easy to the far left.
The rest of the listed routes on here are over at the weeping wall. along with two others to the far right side, with what looks like plenty of room for more development. Sep 6, 2016
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