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Choss Cave Rock Climbing

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Routes in Choss Cave

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	Blight, The S 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	Choss Factory (Link Up) S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Chostakovitch S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Cow Belly, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Hybrid S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Infinite Choss (Link Up) S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	King Choss (Link Up) S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Lemmiwinks Ate My Metrosexual Trousers S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Mad Choss Disease S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Mad Hooker (Link Up) S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Max's Warm Up - Direct S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Max's Warm-Up S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Not the Warm-Up S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	NOWT S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Random RX S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	Unknown S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Unknown/Project S 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Wally World S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Warm-Up, The S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Zinger S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Zohan S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c

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Access Issue: Echo Canyon Seasonal Closure: Jan. 1 - second Saturday in April (and sometimes longer) Details

The Echo Canyon climbing areas are located within the Henefer-Echo Wildlife Management Area. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources closes all access to the WMA each year from January 1 to the second Saturday in April (and sometimes longer) to protect wintering wildlife.

Description

This wall was developed in 2002-2003 by Martin Berzins, Max Dufford, and Walter Anyan. A steep cave offering powerful, shorter routes on cobbles. This cave has cleaned up to be quite solid, but holds still occasionally break.

There are numerous link-ups of every imaginable combination. I did not list these.

The wall is shady after 2pm.

Getting There

To find Choss cave, park off the road about ½ mile before the Dry wall pull-out. (There is small dirt road to a small opening). Find the small trail and follow either a stream or streambed, depending on season, for about 20 minutes. A small trail heads up right (there were some bones in the stream prior to the trail breaking right). Follow this trail up a drainage for about 5 minutes, then you should see a large cave up and left.

Access to this cave is restricted from late Dec to April 15.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Choss Cave

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

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 14 ● Not the Warm-Up Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 30 ● The Warm-Up Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 16 ● Hybrid Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 23 ● Mad Choss Disease Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 6 ● Wally World Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 7 ● Chostakovitch Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 8 ● The Cow Belly Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 11 ● Zinger Sport
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 8 ● Zohan Sport