This crag is one of the most developed and aesthetic crags in all of Mill Creek Canyon - a beautiful, overhanging streaked wall that holds a variety of difficult routes.
The crag itself splits into three main features:(1) A steep wall that looks like a tidal wave and overhangs 20 feet or more in its steepest section.(2) A recessed portion that is pretty much vertical. (3) A giant overhanging fin that has some ultra hard looking routes on it (and some reasonable ones, too).
There are a bunch or lines here (at least a dozen), ranging from 5.11 to 5.13 and beyond.The lines vary from overhanging powerfests to thin technical face climbs. Super fun and worthy of a trip!
The bolting is decent at this crag - good for a 5.12 leader. This is not really a place where you want to count on cozy pro - there can be some sparse bolts here.
The Wicked Crag is sort of Northwest facing. It gets sun in the late afternoon, but is in the shade most of the day.
There are a dozen routes or more just across the creek that get early sun. These are easy to spot and are accessed via a nice log bridge with a handline.
I've done many of these and they are also excellent quality, although you should be prepared for some sparse bolting at times.
Getting There
Moab Desert Adventures provides a nice map - get it off their web site.You can park right at the trailhead if you can get off to the side of the road. Or down closer to the bridge if their is no room.Look for a trail (currently marked with a cairn) a couple hundred yards up the LaSal loop road from the Mill Creek bridge.
Follow the trail - going straight down leads to a poor trail into the canyon bottom.Veering off down canyon leads to a nice chain ladder directly to the crag.
I found the best way to get there was from the La Sal loop road south of town, off of HWY 191. Follow this until you reach a sharp hairpin turn (about 15 miles) with an open gate. Go 0.4 miles from the gate and look for wooden road reinforcements on the right. The trail starts on the left of the road just opposite the road reinforcements (by a large pine tree). As you are hiking, take the left fork to get to the wicked crag. When you get to another fork, the right one goes to the "dog trail" (no ladder) and the left goes to the ladder descent.
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