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Parking Lot Rock - East 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Parking Lot Rock - Northeast 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Parking Lot Rock - West 9 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Elevation:	6,734 ft
GPS:	42.08344, -113.72263 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Nathan Fisher on Jul 25, 2004
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Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) No trash cans. (3) Highlining temporary ban in place for CIRO and CRSP Details

(1) The area, crags, and routes just north of the Twin Sisters are on private land and the landowner recently posted no trespassing notices at the gated road/trail to the area. Any access of these areas and routes is trespassing. The area was closed by the landowner due to trespassing, illegal camping, fires & trash, and disregard of owner's privacy.
Please be respectful of the land owner's wishes and do not climb or hike here until further notice. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's. Park officials and CRAG are working to regain access to this valuable climbing resource. Be patient and check back for updates.
(2) No trash cans anywhere in City of Rocks: urlzs.com/c4eZH
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
By the authority of the park manager, Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is temporarily prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

The park(s) is reviewing highlining activities. Here are Google Drive links to the closure and the updated Code of Regulations for CIRO. drive.google.com/open?id=1y… and drive.google.com/open?id=1Y…

Description

A tall east/west facing buttress, Parking Lot Rock is home to around 24 routes ranging from 5.7 to 5.12 range. This is a low approach cliff with potential for all day climbing as the sun switches faces. As with most City of Rocks areas, most routes have some trad gear needed with 6 or so exceptions. There are a many clasics on this cliff including, Delay of Game, Norma's Book, Batwings, Funky Bolt, and Just Another Pretty Face.

Getting There

From the main City of Rocks road, take a right at King on the Throne and follow the short road to the parking lot below Parking Lot Rock. Delay of Game and Batwings are about 1 minute from the parking lot.

23 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Parking Lot Rock

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 144 ● Norma's Book Trad Parking Lot Rock - West
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 345 ● Delay of Game Sport Parking Lot Rock - West
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 35 ● Behold Trad 2 pitches Parking Lot Rock - West
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 404 ● Batwings Trad Parking Lot Rock - West
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 182 ● Funky Bolt Trad Parking Lot Rock - East
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 64 ● Beauty and the Beast Trad Parking Lot Rock - East
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 536 ● Thin Slice Trad Parking Lot Rock - No…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 109 ● Solstice Sport Parking Lot Rock - West
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 210 ● Tow Away Zone Trad Parking Lot Rock - East
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 28 ● Batwings Direct Sport Parking Lot Rock - West
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 22 ● No Parking Trad 2 pitches Parking Lot Rock - West
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 136 ● Just Another Pretty Face Sport Parking Lot Rock - East
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 233 ● Cairo Sport Parking Lot Rock - No…
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 41 ● Spud Meets Hammerhead Sport Parking Lot Rock - East
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 51 ● Bombs Over Tripoli Sport Parking Lot Rock - No…