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Upper Tier Main Crag Rock Climbing

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Routes in Upper Tier Main Crag

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	Blue Plate Special T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crack of Thunder T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Creep or Crawl T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Damp Dayz T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Maw, The S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Not on a Weak Day T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Outer Edge, The T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Schnoz, The T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Shelter From the Storm T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Simple Pleasures S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Singularity S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Summit Fever T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Synchronicity S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Table 4 2 T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Wet Exit T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	What U See is What U Get T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023 Details

Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Description

This is the left and upper portion of Main Crag. It lies above an upward-angling trough that passes through a tunnel behind Totem Tower. The trough ultimately reaches the large notch that splits the top of Main Crag. Routes on the far left and those starting in the trough close to Totem Tower stay shaded in the morning.

Getting There

Follow the approach trail to Main/West Crags. At the double cairns, continue heading up and left over a big down tree towards West Crag. In approximately 100 yards, you will be below a large "nose". This is The Shnoz. Head up to the cliff, and to reach routes to the right, follow the cairns heading up the trough.

To reach routes to the left, continue up the West Crag Trail and cut back to the west side of the cliff.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Upper Tier Main Crag

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 5 ● Summit Fever Trad 2 pitches
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 4 ● Blue Plate Special Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 7 ● Table 4 2 Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 4 ● The Outer Edge Trad