PRINT: Rock Climb Riot In The City, Little Cottonwood Canyon

Riot In The City

5.9+, Sport, 70 ft (21 m),

Avg: 1.8 from 65 votes
FA: Deanna C, Luke D, Greg M.
Utah > Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Little Cottonwo… > Albion Basin > Cecret Lake > Creekside Wall

Access Issue: Please respect this beautiful area. Stay on established trails and do not trample any vegetation Details

Access Issue: Gate Buttress Area Recreational Lease: Climbs on Church Buttress above vault remain closed Details

Climbers Partner with LDS Church on Stewardship of Little Cottonwood Canyon Climbing

June 1st, 2017:The Salt Lake Climbers Alliance (SLCA), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and Access Fund announce the signing of an unprecedented lease for 140 acres in Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC). The parcel, known as the Gate Buttress, is about one mile up LCC canyon and has been popular with generations of climbers because of its world-class granite.

The agreement secures legitimate access to approximately 588 routes and 138 boulder problems at the Gate Buttress for rock climbers, who will be active stewards of the property. The recreational lease is the result of several years of negotiations between LDS Church leaders and the local climbing community.

Access Note: The climbs on the Church Buttress above the vault as well as the Glen boulders that have been traditionally closed will remain closed.
Please help us steward this area and leave no trace.

Read More:

saltlakeclimbers.org/climbe…

SLCA and AF recreational leased area on LDS Church land

Description

Climbs a bulge about half way up.

Location

This is on the Creek Side Wall. The last climb to the right side.

Protection

5 Bolts to chains.

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Laura Stade on Riot In The City.

The circled area shows where a significant piece of slab came off the wall. Large enough that people below could have died. It's unknown if the slab above it is stable or not. Please climb with ext…

Laura Stade on Riot In The City.

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Hansen Wendlandt

5.10a

Not an easy lead at this grade. A fall at that last bolt could easily be an up-ender. Oct 2, 2021

Emilee V

Last week my group pulled a significant, multi layered piece of slab off of the right hand side of this climb. If people were under the rockfall, they likely would have died or suffered extreme injury. Now, the slab right above the part that came off looks like it could go at any time and you actively climb using handholds on the large piece that would come off. Please climb this route with EXTREME caution if you climb it at all. I posted a photo with the freshly fallen rock area circled. You can see the weaknesses in the section right above it. Oct 3, 2024