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The Red Monster dressed in red

Ibex!

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Sep 5, 2014

“The West Desert...it's not just for climbing, suckers!

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The parking lot scene.

Rosco full speed on the Tule Hardpan at Ibex.

Forever a "Bun-head".

Ibex main crag as seen from the main gravel road. December 24th 2010. Lots of snow that year. I drove out on Christmas eve to go try a boulder problem. The snow was too deep to drive close to the boulders. I hiked across the lake bed in knee deep snow to look at the problem, hiked back to my truck and drove back to slc. I still haven't tried that boulder problem.

Not a toyota ad.

Curtistron Smith contemplates reality while a storm rolls in, Ibex, UT.

The Red Monster dressed in red

The West Desert...it's not just for climbing, suckers!<br>
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Photo by Samantha

Ibex!

Ibex sign welded/cut by my friend Kris Pietryga and designed by artist Lisa Darling, installed at hardpan entrance Oct2012, disappeared in 2014 (the vandals needed serious tools to take it, and made a mess of it), A virtual memorial digital copy here now.

West Desert local.

Ibex wildlife

The new entry sign to Ibex.

Another Ibex bulge... imagine that!

The "road" going through Blind Valley.

Overhead view for best directions. For dry conditions, I recommend pulling off the highway at the first turnoff past Skull Rock Pass and joining the Tule Valley Road. Once you are directly across from the cliffs, a road takes you across the hardpan to the base of the cliffs. The hardpan is impassable when wet, so opt for the windy approach to the west.

The long road to Ibex and Utah's west desert.

Crystal Peak in the snow.

view of of ibex crag.

j Foote puts up a new route in Utah west desert

Ethan on a windy day at <em>[[105916340]]</em>.

Ibex cliffs.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

Gotta love Ibex

Starting into the tunnel on another newer Ibex route. Tunnel of Love on the Wind Buttress.

Sunrise

Ibex area.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

Overhanging boulder face and dry lake bed.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

Multi-sport day, Ibex style. Fore!

An airborne Pika (Jorden Hackney) jumping for joy at the first sighting of the crags!

Winding down....

Sunrise over the hardpan

The main wall at Ibex that can been obviously seen! <br>
The main feature in the middle of the picture is the "shadow Buttress" <br>
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*If you know the walls in this photo please contact me*

The epicness of Ibex

Nowhere else quite like the 'bex

Emma Widtfeldt with Notch Peak in the far distance

A crag dingo

Saw a few of these little guys.

Australian Cattle Dog testing out the hardpan

In March 2012, my daughters and I added a new route on this upper tier near the corral. It didn't make it into the book because I forgot to tell James about it. "Princes Fairy Tea" (5.6 (I think)), FA: Zoe, Mollie, Cam, Ann Burns. 4 or 5 bolts with top anchor.

Hard pan from above the cliffs

Graham on a V3.

ibex just before sunset

Looking west from atop Snoopy Tower

Peter V. playing a little midnight hardpan golf.

Lawrence of Ibex

Turn here

May PEZ be with you.

You've found it!

The cliffs above the bouldering at Ibex.

Sunrise from the Tule Hardpan at Ibex.

Hardpan golf with James G.

Our warm-up area for the morning- the appropriately named "Newlywed Wall"

Super steep and hard looking crack with anchors. Between Red Monster and Shadow Buttress.

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