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Devil's Backbone Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map This is our best guess at this area's location.
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Areas in Devil's Backbone

Backbone East 6 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Backbone West 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

GPS:	42.614, -91.5625 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Ash Burton on Nov 10, 2010
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Description

The Devil's Backbone is a large ridge of limestone in the center of the park. At it's narrowest the ridge is about 15 feet wide. The West side is up to 80 feet tall. The East side is up to 50 feet tall. You can access climbs from the base on the West side or from the ridge top for the West and East sides. The bulk of the really good climbs are found on this ridge.