Hard Rock  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Lat, Long:  40.4507, -111.6717 Map Page Views:  41,819. Good page? (1 like)    Administrators:  Kristine Hoffman, Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard, grk10vq, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Spencer Anderson on Oct 8, 2004 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

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BETA PHOTO: The Hard Rock Area.

Description 

Hard Rock is a great area, with possibly the largest variety of grades and excellent crag positioning. Hard Rock is great almost all year for people of all experience levels. Hard Rock is home to American Fork's easiest routes, 5.6 and 5.7, but the majority of the climbs are in the 5.11-5.12 range.

This is a terrific and fun crag to learn how to lead climb/belay. Hard Rock faces west and south-west, getting good shade in the morning and a lot of sun from the afternoon on.

A stick clip is handy for some of the harder routes

Getting There 

To reach the crag head up 1.7 miles up from the monument flagpole, a bit past Little Mill campground. You can park on the north side, in a pay area, or on the south side in the small pull off. Locate the faint tail on the north side of the road and hike up about five minutes following a stream drainage. It takes about five minute to get to the start of the crag, which continues right and wraps around the corner.

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Beehive 5.12b  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Hard Rock

Can be done in 1 or 2 pitches. 1st pitch is 12b, 2nd pitch is 12a.Direct start or slightly to the right with right hand on undercling. Starts with a bouldery move to good pockets under first bolt. Crank some polished crimps and move out left to a nice pocket and up thru some more jugs. Move out left to a small pocket and then back right (this seems to be the redpoint crux for most people). Head straight up for maximum value or veer a little right into the corner choss. Top out on some slopey ed...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT

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BETA PHOTO: The Forgotten Wall. Next-to-west-most wal...	BETA PHOTO: The Hard Rock, South West Face 15 Treehugger 5....	BETA PHOTO: The Hard Rock South Wall 18 Eight to Eleven 5.11b/c ...
BETA PHOTO: 22 Winds of Fire 5.10	Unknown climber on Hard Rock. Route is ei...	dave on the route to the left of stoic... what is ...
dave climbing hailey on belay at Hard Rock	Hailey	me on a 5.8 (im told) left of Stoic Calculus...