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Indian Creek Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Indian Creek

1st Meat Wall 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

2nd Meat Wall 52 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 52

3D 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

4X4 36 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Altitude Wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Battle of the Bulge Buttress 48 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 49

Beach, The 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

Big Sky Country 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Bioturbation Wall 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Bitchin' Buttress 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Blue Grama Cliff 19 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Bridger Jacks, The 22 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Broken Tooth 33 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Cactus Butt 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Cat Wall 92 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 93

Church Rock 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Cliffs of Insanity 71 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 71

Critic's Choice 40 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 41

Cultural Respect wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Disappointment Cliffs 21 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Donnelly Canyon 33 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Dove Creek Wall 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Eastwood Crag 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Echoes Wall 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Election Wall 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Entrance Corridor 14 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 17

Far Side 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Fin Wall 38 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Fist Fight 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Forgotten Tower 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Fringe of Death Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Fringe Walls 25 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Gangsters Paradise 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Gash, The 20 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 21

Habitado 27 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

Hamburger Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

High Horse 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Hurt Locker Area 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Lavender Butte/The Happy Submarine 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 7

Left Rambo (aka "Gasp Wall") 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Lockhart Basin 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

New Wave 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

North Six Shooter Peak 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 7

Old Crusty 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Optimator, The 47 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 47

Original Meat Wall 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Orion's Bow 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Over the Hill 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Petrified Hornet Wall 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Pistol Whipped 56 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 56

Pods Wall 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Power Wall 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Prickly Pear 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Public Service Wall 42 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 42

Reservoir Wall 62 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 62

Sabbatical Wall 42 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 42

Sacred Cow Wall 21 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Scarface 64 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 64

Selfish Wall 47 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

Shock and Awe 8 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Sinbad Wall aka Nuclear Wall 36 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Six Star Wall 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Slug Wall 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

South Sixshooter 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 7

Sparks Wall 41 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43

Suburbia 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Supercrack Buttress 53 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 55

Technicolor Wall 34 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Tenderloins Wall 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Three Tower Buttress 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 4

Trick or Treat Wall 38 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Tricks Wall 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Vision Wall 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Vitamin D Wall 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Wall Mart 11 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Wall, The 41 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 41

Way Rambo 29 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Whale, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas such as CAT WALL and RESERVOIR WALL in Indian Creek Details

WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.

RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring.

Access Issue: Limited Toilet Facilities! Details

2025 Raptor Avoidance Areas. blm.gov/announcement/blm-as…

Map of closed areas: blm.gov/visit/indian-creek-…

For questions regarding climbing routes and avoidance areas please contact Jeremy Martin, Outdoor Recreation Planner, at the BLM Monticello Field Office at 435-587-1500.

Limited toilet/port a potty facilities: Have poop plan! Visit: facebook.com/friendsofindia…
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Description

There are lots of cracks here on the Wingate sandstone. Lots of people now, too. Tread lightly.

Do not park on crust. Period. Even if the parking area / lot is full. Even if you really dont think it matters much - and everyone else did anyways. If we do not stop parking on crust we will lose our access to these climbing areas.

You can view weather data for the Creek at these two link. Be sure to change your start and end dates! These data are maintained by Utah State University and the Utah Geological Survey.
Canyonlands Research Center (across from the Reservoir Wall)
Dugout Ranch (across from the Cat Wall)

Mind your animals. This is a very public place with a lot of people. Not everyone wants their crotch nuzzled with a dogs muzzle.

Please Respect and Protect archaeological sites: Stay on trail, help prevent damage. Don’t move artifacts, let everyone enjoy the discovery. Stay out of ancient buildings and off walls, they are fragile! Report looting and vandalism: 1 800 722 3998

Getting There

To get to the Creek from Moab, go south on US 191 toward Monticello and look for SH 211, which includes a Canyonlands sign, and go right (west). Watch for the Utah State Patrol on 191 and Mule Deer on 211. After the road winds and goes downhill, you will pass Newspaper Rock on your right. In a few miles you have pretty much entered Indian Creek Canyon.

Respect and Protect

BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner

You can contact Jason Byrd for questions or concerns about the management in Indian Creek.

Climber Avoidance Areas (raptor)

Raptor Closure: Begins March 1, 2025

The BLM asks the public to avoid climbing or hiking in areas with high potential or historically known to have bird nesting activity. The impacted areas are referred to in many climbing guidebooks as: The Wall, Far Side, The Meat Walls, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, and Reservoir Wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Indian Creek

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 993 ● Blue Sun Trad Way Rambo
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 1,473 ● Supercrack of the Desert (aka Lu… Trad 3 pitches Supercrack Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 1,531 ● Incredible Hand Crack Trad Supercrack Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 431 ● Jolly Rancher Trad Pistol Whipped
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 366 ● Crack Attack Trad Battle of the Bulge B…
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 438 ● Pente Trad Reservoir Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 422 ● Lightning Bolt Cracks Trad N Six Shooter Peak
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 1,010 ● Scarface Trad Scarface
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 324 ● Excuse Station Trad Reservoir Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 374 ● Spaghetti Western Trad Pistol Whipped
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 240 ● Sinestra Trad Original Meat Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 282 ● Jupiter Crack Trad Sparks Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 616 ● Annunaki Trad Optimator
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 402 ● Coyne Crack Trad Supercrack Buttress
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 417 ● Way Rambo Trad Way Rambo