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Building Blocks - West Rock Climbing

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Routes in Building Blocks - West

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	Acid Rain T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Birthday Boy T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Jimmy Grips T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Lego S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Lowe Route T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Scraps T,S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Stereotypic Behavior T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Technicon T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Vise Grips T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a

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Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) No trash cans. (3) Highlining temporary 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 recently 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 until further notice. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's. Park officials and CRAG are working to regain access to this valuable climbing resource. Be patient and check back for updates.
(2) No trash cans anywhere in City of Rocks: urlzs.com/c4eZH
(3) 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…

Description

A unique section of the Building Blocks, the west side is home to some of the more mellow routes at the crag and also some of the still-standing test pieces. Climbed since the late 60's, some of the routes here are still a bit loose, but for the most part, everything is solid.

A hangout for names such as Greg Lowe, Tony Yaniro, and Dan Sperlock the climbing here tends to be bold. Expect to find both traditional and bolted lines, with climbing on the spicy side of things.

Getting There

Approach from the Circle Creek Overlook parking lot/TH. Follow the double track road passing through a gate and out to the center of North Fork Circle Creek. Building Blocks - East is the crag set near, dead-center.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Building Blocks - West

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

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 103 ● Lego Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 68 ● Acid Rain Trad, Sport
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 35 ● Lowe Route Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 10 ● Stereotypic Behavior Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 43 ● Scraps Trad, Sport
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 20 ● Vise Grips Trad