Sparks Wall Rock Climbing
Elevation: | 4,500 ft | 1,372 m |
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Shared By: | Tony B on Nov 19, 2006 · Updates | |
Admins: | slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane |
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Description
A reasonably good cliff you won't be alone at, with a goodly number of good routes! 5 routes on this cliff face North, and about 10 more face Southeast. The latter getting sunlight from sunrise to nearly sunset in the fall and winter. The Bloom book mentions that some of these routes are dusty for lack of travel, as this cliff is relatively unvisited. This is no longer true and this is now a very popular wall, dust is not really a concern these days. The rock is softer here than in some other areas and yields more dust to rain and wind. Still, some routes are quite good. Of the routes I tried, I found "Go Sparky Go" to be the best for its unique quality of going almost horizontal on a flat vertical wall, "Low Spark" the best for its length (P1: 155', P2:80'), "Sparkling Schnitzel" good all around despite being an OffWidth, and "Sparkling Gefilte Fish" a good warm up. The 12's at Sparks Wall are rumored to be quite good, but I did not get on any of them.
Getting There
To get to Sparks Wall, turn off of the main road left, as for Bridger Jack, Pistol Whipped, Way Rambo, 4X4 Wall, Technicolor, etc...
Not your odometer when turning, this will become useful.
Cross the creek after less than a mile & continue back towards The Cottonwoods area, staying left at all possible right turns and passing Technicolor Wall. After you have gone 3.8 to 3.9 miles, the cliff-band on your right will come very close to the road. A hogback of land falls from this cliff to a rib of raised land near the road, but just before you reach this, there is a pulloff with a jeep road cutting off right, back sharply north in reverse to your direction of travel. Exit the road here and park.
The trail is very well built and has been recently rebuilt by the Access Fund, it's but not too strenuous or long, regardless. It should take 20-40 minutes to arrive depending on your rack size and fitness.
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