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Shark's Fin Rock Rock Climbing

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Routes in Shark's Fin Rock

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	Birthday Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chumming S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	D.E.A. S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Great White Tuna T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Paw Prints S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sorta Handy T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Winking Gargoyle T,S,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c

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Elevation:	5,916 ft	1,803 m
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Access Issue: (1) BLM Managed Lands at Castle Rocks PERMANENTLY CLOSED TO CLIMBING!! Castle Rocks State Park and US Forest Sevice lands are OPEN TO CLIMBING. US Forest Service Lands closed to new route developement. (2) Highlining temporary ban in place at CIRO/CRSP Details

(1) The BLM has amended the Cassia Resource Management Plan (RMP) to permanently close the 400 acres of land it manages in the Castle Rocks Interagency Recreation Area to staging, traditional rock climbing, sport climbing and bouldering, as well as overnight camping and development of new trails. Here is a link to a map that shows the BLM land in yellow. parksandrecreation.idaho.go…

The adjacent Castle Rocks State Park and the National Forest Service land to the north remains OPEN TO CLIMBING,
as does the nearby City of Rocks National Reserve.

(2) 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…

Arrest and/or hefty fines are likely if caught rock climbing with ropes and gear in the BLM land.

Please respect this closure to ensure access to the open climbing at Castle Rocks is not threatened.

The "Final Supplementary Rules for the Castle Rocks Land Use Plan Amendment Area, Idaho" is located in the Federal Registry. This document gives the details on the closure but doesn't provide a map. You can check it out here: federalregister.gov/documen…

Area Description

The Shark's Fin is a small, solitary formation just south of the Comp Wall, Taco, and Fence Line Rock. The formation hosts a number of routes ranging in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13.

The rock's namesake fin is the home of excellent, harder offerings such as Ian Cavanaugh's Great White Tuna and Mike Spaulding's Chumming, the latter of which was first ascended by professional climber Jonathan Siegrist during one of the annual Idaho Mountain Festivals hosted in the park. The rest of the formation contains a number of more moderate lines, many of which were contributed by Duane Ackerman.

Approach

Hike north on Almo Creek Trail. This is the first rock you will see 10' east of the trail. Look for a fence bolted to the south & north ends of the rock. Red markers show the exact boundary, not the fence.