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Main Crag Rock Climbing

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Routes in Main Crag

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	2x4 Jenga T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	A Pint of Stout T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Auspicious Sunrise T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Autumn Gold T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Batteries Not Included S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Bring Your Brass T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Cam-ouflage T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Conundrum (Pending FA Info) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Crystal Gully T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Delicacy T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Dragon Slayer T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Enigma (pending FA info) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	In Search of My Rose T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Jenga T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Knob Jollies T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Knob Walk S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Levitation T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	Mystery (pending FA info) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Plates of Gold T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Possibilities T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Quitting Time S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Sandcastle S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Servile Dihedral T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Shorty's Dilemma S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Simply Slab T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Spare Rib S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Springtime T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Squat Tower T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Static Undercling T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Swingtime T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Totem Tower T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Trycams T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023 Details

Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Description

The Main Crag has the longest routes at Crosier Mountain. There are slabs, knobby faces, easy trad cracks, a hard roof crack, and some steep, thoughtful routes. ***A 60 METER ROPE IS MANDATORY FOR MOST RAPPELS.***

Getting There

The easiest approach to climbs from Levitation to Auspicious Sunrise is to cross the large meadow on the approach. When you first enter the meadow head for the left edge of the buttress right of and behind the Main Crag (see photo). There is a cairn at the edge of the meadow with more behind it leading up the hill. To reach the other routes, continue up the trail until just before it crosses the drainage and heads up the south side of the valley. Follow cairns (these may have been taken down) angling up to the right, across the meadow, to a double cairn just below a big down tree. From here, angle up and right following more cairns to the base of the cliff near Squat Tower.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Main Crag

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Mystery (pending FA info) Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 8 ● Conundrum (Pending FA Info) Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Sandcastle Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 6 ● Enigma (pending FA info) Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 8 ● Squat Tower Trad 2 pitches
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 7 ● Plates of Gold Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Auspicious Sunrise Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 6 ● Autumn Gold Trad 3 pitches
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Totem Tower Trad 2 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 7 ● Dragon Slayer Trad 3 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 5 ● Levitation Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 4 ● Swingtime Trad