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Description 

Mostly slabby or vertical riverside bluffs. This limestone is poor to good quality, depending on the line. The bluffs face west and don't have much shade in the afternoon. All seasons are good, but fall is best. Very vegetated and tick infested in the summer, and hot in the afternoons, too.

There is quite the mix of sport, trad, and mixed lines here, so bring all your gear. Only a 50 meter rope is required, though.

Refer to Missouri Limestone Select, by Sean Burns.


Getting There 

From Kansas City, take 71 south to South 7, going left at the top of the ramp. In Clinton, keep going straight as the road becomes 13. Continue about 25 minutes, passing Osceola Cheese on the left. Take a right on 82, which is at the top of the hill where you will see Sac-Osage Hospital. A mile or two down the road is a scenic pulloff on the right. Park here and descend via a trail by the stone steps.


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Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Trapper's Camp:
The Saint   5.7     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   Stealth Wall
Fish and Bits   5.9     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   Crescent Wall
Ultra Pimp   5.10a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Crescent Wall
Turn Your Head and Cough   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Pontoon Wall
Inner Pigeon   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Pontoon Wall
Enter the Dragon   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet   Stealth Wall
Deitiphobia   5.11b     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Pontoon Wall
Vegas Exodus   5.11c     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   Pontoon Wall
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Erik starting Deitiphobia.

Deitiphobia 5.11b  MO : Trapper's Camp : Pontoon Wall
Quite a mix of climbing styles. First, climb up and left through the steep pocketed roof. From there, head up to the base of the right-arching crack. Follow it up and right, around a bulge. From there, finish by heading straight up to the anchors. Mostly great rock, with a few hollow or fractured sections....[more]   Browse More Classics in MO


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By Erik Pohlman
From: Westminster, CO
Aug 5, 2009

"The bluffs face west and don't have much shade in the afternoon. All seasons are good, but fall is best." If climbing here in the summer, start at sunrise and climb until the sunlight hits the shore. If you hurry, you will have just enough time to get out before the sun blazes down on you.

By karl vochatzer
From: Austin, TX
Dec 24, 2011

Does anyone have GPS coordinates or more detailed directions? We are visiting family in KC and will take a side trip to Osceola the week after Christmas.

By Matt Roberts
From: Columbus, OH
Dec 23, 2012

I grew up just south of here, but only started climbing after I left. It's been nice climbing here, but it is the first area that I've ever climbed in which I won't take off my helmet unless I'm climbing. There are lots of little spots of loose rock, and I think some fell on each route I climbed.

Also, I happened to have a 50' piece of static line in the car & I tied it to the anchor at the top of the approach. Totally not necessary, but it saved a few minutes, especially w a new climber in the party.