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Brown's Canyon National Monument Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Brown's Canyon National Monument

Jon's Backyard 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Logjam Wall 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Staircase Towers 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Elevation:	7,000 ft	2,134 m
GPS:	38.75344, -106.02818 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Brown's Canyon National Monument and the surrounding area has quartzite domes, boulders, and monoliths. Because of the Arkansas River and limited number of roads and trails in the monument accessing many of the routes in the area is generally difficult and requires long overland approaches. The climbing is similar to the Four Mile area near BV and consists of exfoliating quartzite features with large crystals, flaring cracks and sharp offwidths. Permanent hardware in the monument and surrounding areas is nearly non existent. .

Getting There

The monument is primarily accessed by Ruby Mountain Campground in Nathrop. The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area State Park office in Salida doubles as the Browns Canyon "visitor center."

Some climbing areas may be most accessible by raft.