Mt. Kinesava  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  7,276' Lat, Long:  37.1978, -113.0308 Map Page Views:  14,373. Good page?    Administrators:  Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard, grk10vq, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  john durr on Nov 13, 2009 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Seasonal Raptor Closures MORE INFO >>> The following cliffs will be closed to climbing beginning March 1, 2012: Angels Landing, Cable Mountain, The Great White Throne (beyond single- and double-pitched climbs), Isaac (in Court of the Patriarchs), The Sentinel, Mountain of the Sun, North Twin Brother, Tunnel Wall, The East Temple, Mount Spry, The Streaked Wall, Mount Kinesava, and the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek. All other cliffs will remain open to climbing. See www.nps.gov/zion/parknews/2012-climbing-closures-announced.h>>> for more info This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

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Description 

Mt. Kinesava is the large mountain south of West Temple, it forms the western skyline of Springdale and presents the long Cowboy Ridge looking north from Rockville running down and left above the Springdale band.

You can bet you will be the only one up on this awe inspiring mountain. Expect a bunch of sun and steep, great loose rock with excellent route finding opportunities both up and down.

There is a beautiful prickly pear meadow between the south sub-peak and the highest point. The hike from the meadow up to the top is easy 3rd class, but loose and should take less than 15-20 minutes. Great views of West Temple's west face and south ridge.

The main attractions are the long, moderate Cowboy Ridge that ascends the south ridge and the steep southwest and northwest faces which are home to long, hard, free and aid climbs.

Please try to minimize disturbing the pristine nature of this mountain. Avoid making cairns, is your path better than the way others have gone? Following ridges or the arroyo bottoms often have the best developed trails on the approaches and minimize climber's impacts.

Please carry out your toilet paper!

Getting There 

Drive the highway west from Springdale to Rockville. Just east of Rockville, turn right, (north) into the Anasazi Place Subdivision on Anasazi Way. This is paved and 9 mph speed limit. A short way up is a sign pointing to hiker parking at the bottom of a steep right turn. Park here and find the trail head leading northwest through the houses.

Pass through several grotesque over-sized houses to reach the Chinle Trail head. This is well marked.

From here, the 3rd class southeast face, the easiest route to the summit and the route of descent should take about 4 hours to the meadow. Using the same route as a descent will take about 3 hours, maybe longer if you came up a different way.

Bring a bunch of water.

The Classics

Featured Route For Mt. Kinesava

Tatoween 5.11a  UT : Zion National Park : Mt. Kinesava

Tatoween ascends the cracks up the next buttress left of Jolly reen Giant jam crack. this is an excellent and well equiped line that rarely accepts pro bigger than fists. there is a bivy for four atop pitch 5 on a spacious ledge. expect sustained 5.10 climbing interspersed with more challenging cruxes here and there. 15 pitches cruxs @ p1p2p9p12P1(1&2 120')starts w/ 5.11 stem P2continues up right to 5.11 fingers flake topped by 2 bolt anchorP3-(100')5.11 hands for about 50'then 5.10 about 50'P4...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT