Type: | Sport, 165 ft (50 m) |
FA: | Craig Luebben and Ginny Sawyer |
Page Views: | 8,248 total · 29/month |
Shared By: | Tyler Jones on May 14, 2001 |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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
This used to begin at a pine tree (now gone, not even a stump) about 40 feet down and right from "Arkansas Patriot." This on the left side of this rock. Go left from where the approach trail reaches the rock.
Now per Kurtz: hike left from where the approach trail(s) reaches the rock. Begin on the RIGHT side of a distinctive, protruding block that is shown in many of the pictures. The first bolt is kind of high but is easily reached. You can also place your own pro. Note that Arkansas Patriot (5.10) starts on the LEFT side of the block. Do not confuse the two.
This long climb is fairly simple to figure out... climb straight up through the bolts to a two bolt anchor. Remember to place pro in some horizontal cracks if the next bolt feels too far away. A double-rope rappel is easiest (165 feet), but it is possible to scramble down to the west (left).
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