Uptown Rock Rock Climbing

Drive up to the end of Pine Creek Canyon and park at the Pine Creek Pass trailhead parking lot or either side of the road near the yellow gate.  DO NOT BLOCK THE GATE!  Walk down on a dirt road on the Northeast side just before the gate (right side when facing the gate from below). Pass three large rocks blocking that road after a hundred feet or so, then continue on a short, narrow path through some bushes and trees.  This section is a serious bog at times and one of the alternate approaches may be better when conditions here are poor.  Work back up out of the trough on the other side and continue the dirt road to the top of the upper tailing pond.  Follow a faint path diagonally across the tailing pond toward the big face of Delta Wall (looks like a shark fin), aiming for a big boulder down and right of that formation.  At the left/North side of the boulder follow a trail up the hill to the climbing, branching off to the left early for Delta Wall/Lower Tier and continuing uphill on the right for the Upper Tier.  The approach is less than a mile and takes about 15-20 minutes.

There are several approach alternatives:

1.) Walk up the road past the bright yellow gate (Morgan Pass) for about 1/3mi, then go right (this is before the first prominent left hand switchback). Follow an old, overgrown dirt road, which turns into a narrow path and leads down toward the upper tailing pond (large flat area) and a tree. Note that this dirt road experienced a serious washout a few years ago and now involves some easy scrambling.  Head across the tailing pond toward the large, shark fin silhouetted rock with some orange coloring. 

2.) Park at the Crack of Noon/Three Hour Buttress parking area and walk the trail up canyon. Longer, more uphill.

3.) Cross the creek at the level of Uptown Rock (roughly the transition between the upper and middle tailing ponds) - shortest, but there's currently no bridge.