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This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.
Emily on the FA of Eating Stars, V4. Wichita Moun...
Description
Nice and shady in this area all the time there a few really good problems and probably more to be done you just have to look around.
Getting There
After the boulder field/talus that you cross after the blackout boulder continue to walk on the trail a ways until you see an opening underneath a very very large bunch of boulders that form a little cave. inside are a number of problems that are fun.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Smoking Section:
Problem is located on the giant slab directly across the rock room from the problem called thank you for smoking on mountain project though it's just a dishy looking slab route that to my knowledge didn't have a name. ANYWAY. A crumbly start on the right side of the boulder where the feet gently slope into vertical rock leads into more solid stone with each move you make toward the top. Eventually you'll want to bust left to a huge flake and top out through the crack/slab up on the left side of ...[more]Browse More Classics in OK
Ack! Took me forever to find this. Here's some directions:
After you make the cross over the tallus, the trail dips down quite a bit, then raises back up. Exit the trail East (left) just before the trail starts to raise back up. If you get to the turnoff for Pride, you've gone too far.
As you enter the cave, Thank You For Smoking is on your left (faces South) -- Eating Stars is to your right (faces North)