A friend and I were mtn. biking down Dry Canyon, near Lindon, the other day and noticed a whole bunch of bolted routes on one of the walls in the canyon. I looked on Mountain Project and all I can find is a beta photo that shows 13 routes but only gives actual info for one of them. If anyone has any more beta on these routes, or just info on their ratings, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Aaron

Good post - I've been wondering the same thing.....Anyone got info on those routes?

I'll go ahead and third this request. My parents just bought a house near dry canyon and I wanted to go check out the climbing.

I've met they guy behind these routes. I don't remember his name, but I was talking to him and Darren in Mountainworks and remember Darren saying that he had also done the FA of the super popular Platinum Blonde at the Hard Rock in AF. A quick consultation of the guidebook shows that Tim Egbert and Scott Unice did the FA of that route. So I want to say that it was Scott Unice that is putting up most of those Dry Canyon routes. Or I could be way, way off and I got my routes wrong and it's someone completely different... I just remember whoever it was I was talking to saying that the rock required a ridiculous amount of cleaning. I remember going up to those cliffs a few years ago and thinking "Man. It would be cool to climb this. Too bad the rock is garbage." Props to whoever it is doing the work for having the vision and gettin' her done.

Anyway, ask Darren at Mountainworks. He knows, and will probably know if the routes are still projects or if they've been sent.

-Tristan

Scott bolted most of the lines there, although John Ross has a couple, Tom Caldwell has a project or two, and I think John (Walt) Walter has something he's spent a little time cleaning.

I've climbed a few of the lines...the lines aren't bad at all, but I'm not exactly enamored of the rock, and I'm not normally considered a choss-hater either.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who replied. I appreciate the great responses!

--Aaron

All but one of the Mammoth Wall routes are Scott's. PM me if you want his e-mail, but I posted here some info for those routes. The limestone is certainly crumbly in Dry Cyn. Some of it cleans up okay. The two routes of mine that I posted took hours of cleaning and I think they are not bad, but you still may find a lose hold or two. Two other routes that I bolted on a particular rock band I thought would clean up, but they were just loose manky choss and Perin helped me chop them. The canyon is popular for hikers, bikers, and horses, and I've packed out bags and bags of garbage and old tires that people have thrown off of Mammoth Wall. And watch your ropes here. I made the mistake of leaving a rope on a tough project and returned to find it cut from the anchors and several .22 cal slugs embedded in it.