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Good Medicine Area

Submitted By: Andrew Gram on Aug 19, 2004
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Description 

This wonderful quartzite crag has mostly sport routes, but also the occasional trad and mixed route. All routes are single pitch with a good mix of grades from 5.7 to 5.12, and beautiful views of the High Uintah.


Getting There 

Park at the signed parking area for the trail to Ruth Lake, which is several miles past the top of Baldy Pass. Hike up the good trail to a cairned junction. Take the climber's trail left over some quartzite slabs to a short talus field. No bushwhacking is required, and the approach takes about 20 easy minutes. Good Medicine Wall is the first major wall the trail comes to.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Good Medicine Area:
Peace Treaty   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Black Elk   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Sacred Hoop   5.10a     Sport, 60 feet   
Tomahawk in the Back   5.10b     Sport, 75 feet   
Wounded Knee   5.10c     Sport, 65 feet   
The Legend   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
The Bear Dance   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Moon Stone   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Dream Catcher   5.11c     Sport   
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Dream Catcher, one that I made.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Dream Catcher 5.11c  UT : Uinta Mountains : ... : Good Medicine Area
This route can be found just right of a chimney (Sacred Hoop) and to the left of the big roof on the crag. The moves off the ground are bouldery, which lead to some easier climbing. After about halfway up, its nothing but small crimps and nice exposure on a dead vertical face!...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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By Lee Gitlin
Aug 21, 2004

Sigh.... So the secret is out now on what I consider to be the single best climbing crag out there.

Imagine, a beautiful alpine setting, out of the heat and smog of SLC. When it's 105 in the valley, it's 75 at Ruth Lake. You will be belaying in your fleece in August here, since the crag stays in the shade.

And the routes! 24 climbs on this wall and nothing sucks. Everything is well protected with new hardware. In fact, there are at least three, 3-star routes, all of them good enough by themselves to make the trip.

You may find it a bit crowded, since the Uinta Rock guide by Smith and Tusting is available. This great guide has actual photos of all the crags -- no looking at line drawings and guessing about routes.