Shakespeare Rock

I just moved to south lake from SLC about a month ago and have been checking out all the spots around here. I trudged up to Shakespeare with a buddy and got on a climb that had potential but needed lots and lots of cleaning.

I'm interested in the history of this beautiful choss pile and why there seems to be no info about it anywhere? If anyone has any information I would love to hear it...

Thanks,

Tim

There is a guy on here named EdAsh who could give you some history, I think. You could try contacting him if he doesn't see this.

Shakespeare Rock is listed in one of the guidebooks, but no one wants to climb there due to said choss when much more amazing rock abounds everywhere around it, soooo....

I like Shakespeare Rock and think it has potential. The Carvelle book has some long easy lines and the few harder routes in the roofless cave listed. Most of those were from Dano, Crawford et al and are a tad sporty (bolts with the odd gear placement). There are some newer sport routes (not that new)on the east face they never get climbed. Not sure who did them but there is, for sure, some potential above these for multi-pitch harder stuff. It's never going to be great but it's a cool formation and the rock climbs ok once you get past the choss.

It's not really that chossy.

Here's Jay Smith on the first ascent of "Metallica".

Loving the lycra in this photo. I also think this place has potential. It may be chossy but it is an amazing formation with great views and it's closer to where i live in south lake than alot of the good climbing such as lovers

There were some routes done in the 1970s on the East Face. In the early 1990s Jay Smith and others put some routes in the cove on the other side of the arch. Dano and Grumpy Crawford put up some cool stuff on the North Face to the left of the arch. That's about all I know.