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Anteater Rock Rock Climbing

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Anteater - East 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Anteater - West 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

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Elevation:	6,635 ft	2,022 m
GPS:	42.08229, -113.7218 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Guy H. on Aug 6, 2004
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Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) There are no longer trash cans in the park. (3) Highlining 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 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. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's.
(2) In 2024 CIRO implemented a no trash cans anywhere policy. Be prepared to take your trash home with you. facebook.com/CityOfRocksNPS… and nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/…
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

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

This rock is located south of Morning Glory Spire. The classic routes on this rock are Swiss Cheese 5.7, Scream Cheese 5.9, and Holding out For a Hero 5.10a. Most of the routes on this rock are a little runout.

Getting There

Follow the trail south on the west side of Parking Lot Rock. After rounding the corner of Parking Lot, a trail brakes off to the right. This trail passes below Anteater after about 100ft.

12 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Anteater Rock

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 335 ● Swiss Cheese Trad Anteater - West
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 106 ● Velveeta Sport Anteater - West
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 21 ● Vulture Crack Trad Anteater - East
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 30 ● She Bop Trad Anteater - West
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 555 ● Scream Cheese Sport Anteater - West
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 13 ● track marks Trad Anteater - West
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 27 ● Holding Out For a Hero Trad Anteater - West
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 37 ● No Net Trad Anteater - East
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 54 ● Circus Roof Trad Anteater - East
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 5 ● Flyboy Sport Anteater - East