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Morbid Mound Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Morbid Mound

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	'Til Death Do Us Fart T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	3rd Class It T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	A Last Cigarette Senor? T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Ambulance Driver T 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Be Wary T 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Be Wary of Your Physician's Assistant TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bouncer T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Brimstone Stairway T 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a R
	Deadheads T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Disappearing Belayer T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	DOA T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Flies on the Wound T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fly in the Ointment TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Hillside Strangler T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Morituri Te Salutamus T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Myrmecocystus Ewarti T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c

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Elevation:	3,200 ft
GPS:	34.0963, -116.1522 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Brian Reynolds on Jun 27, 2002
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Access Issue: Seasonal Golden Eagle Closures Details

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CLOSURE:
CLIMBING ROUTES SLATANIC, RATTLESNAKE BUTTRESS, MARGARET THATCHER SPIRE, STEPPING STONES, BULKHEAD, DUNCE CAP, AND COMMISSIONER'S BUTTRESS ARE CLOSED DUE TO NESTING GOLDEN EAGLES
Dates of Closure: February 8th to June 15th, 2022

Description

Crappy choss-pile out in the middle of the desert (north of the Indian Cove family camps and east of the group camps). Morbid is small (20-30 feet tall), grainy, and crumbly and, while there are a decent number of climbs, none of them are much to write home about. Neither Vogel nor Bartlett has much good to say about this rock, and it deserves its reputation.

Despite all of this, it is inexplicably popular with large TR groups -- park the van and unload the kids out to Morbid Mound. Fine, that's one less crowd on the better climbs.

Getting There

Morbid Mound is located several hundred yards north of Short Wall (or, alternatively, a couple hundred yards east of the intersection of Indian Cove Road and the group camp road). Easiest approach is probably to pull over onto the side of the Indian Cove Road near the group camp area and head east.

A better idea would be to skip this one and climb something else.