Hard Rock Rock Climbing
Elevation: | 6,234 ft |
GPS: |
40.4507, -111.6717 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | Spencer Anderson on Oct 8, 2004 · Updates |
Admins: | Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C |
See the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Service fee page fs.fed.us/r4/uwc/passes/ for more information.
Description
Hard Rock is a great area, with possibly the largest variety of grades and excellent crag positioning. Hard Rock is great almost all year for people of all experience levels. Hard Rock is home to American Fork's easiest routes, 5.6 and 5.7, but the majority of the climbs are in the 5.11-5.12 range.
This is a terrific and fun crag to learn how to lead climb/belay. Hard Rock faces west and south-west, getting good shade in the morning and a lot of sun from the afternoon on.
A stick clip is handy for some of the harder routes
This is a terrific and fun crag to learn how to lead climb/belay. Hard Rock faces west and south-west, getting good shade in the morning and a lot of sun from the afternoon on.
A stick clip is handy for some of the harder routes
Getting There
To reach the crag head up 1.7 miles up from the monument flagpole, a bit past Little Mill campground. You can park on the north side, in a pay area, or on the south side in the small pull off. Locate the faint trail on the north side of the road (across from the pullout right before the next pullout with the 12-mile marker) and hike up about five minutes following a stream drainage. It takes about five minutes to get to the start of the crag, which continues right and wraps around the corner.
Classic Climbing Routes at Hard Rock
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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