Forsaken Wall Rock Climbing

This is the small crag across Big Cottonwood Creek and slightly upcanyon from the large parking area for the Higher Education Area. The crag is being posted here as “Forsaken Wall” as a placeholder in case the crag’s original developers – more on that below – have already named it. Forsaken Wall is several hundred yards east of the Resurrection Area that reportedly is closed to climbing because it is on private land. Having eyeballed various on-line resources, I’m pretty sure Forsaken Wall is on public land, but I stand to be corrected.

There were three existing bolted lines on the crag when we first forded the creek awhile back on a recon. All the bolts on the three routes are plated 3/8” studs and appear to be 15-20 years old, but generally in good shape. None of the lines are described in existing guidebooks or customary on-line sources, so they are given temporary names here until someone speaks up. Another route has since been added, Puppet on a Broken String, giving the crag its current total of four routes. There is potential for a few more, but they’ll take a lot of cleaning.

Although the crag may appear unattractive, the approach is casual (except for maybe the creek crossing), and the climbing is entertaining enough to warrant a visit if you’re tired of repeating the same’oles elsewhere in BCC or you want to avoid, well, everyone.  In late summer/early fall, most of the crag is in the shade until 1pm so, and it goes back into the shade an hour or two before sunset.