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Lower Fin Rock Climbing

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Routes in Lower Fin

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	Educated Idiot T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Hand Drills Suck! T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lyin & Cryin T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Other Intentions T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Wasatch Harlem T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a

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Access Issue: Gate Buttress Area Recreational Lease: Climbs on Church Buttress above vault remain closed Details

Climbers Partner with LDS Church on Stewardship of Little Cottonwood Canyon Climbing

June 1st, 2017:The Salt Lake Climbers Alliance (SLCA), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and Access Fund announce the signing of an unprecedented lease for 140 acres in Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC). The parcel, known as the Gate Buttress, is about one mile up LCC canyon and has been popular with generations of climbers because of its world-class granite.

The agreement secures legitimate access to approximately 588 routes and 138 boulder problems at the Gate Buttress for rock climbers, who will be active stewards of the property. The recreational lease is the result of several years of negotiations between LDS Church leaders and the local climbing community.

Access Note: The climbs on the Church Buttress above the vault as well as the Glen boulders that have been traditionally closed will remain closed.
Please help us steward this area and leave no trace.

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SLCA and AF recreational leased area on LDS Church land

Lower Fin

Long overlooked for longer climbs with the exception of Troy Warburton and John Rogers 1985 ascent of Other Intentions this area has some fun moderate slabbing.

Getting There

Approach as for Lizard Head, but instead of going up to Lizard Head take a low trail that heads back West, hopping over a few boulders along the way. Once you clear the scrub oak you will come to a rock slide path and get your first good view of the Lower East Fin. The Church Vault road should now be visible to your left. Make your way across the slide path walking West. The trail will drop you down into a forest with a slab rising out of the bottom. This is where Hand Drills Suck! and Other Intentions start. Wasatch Harlem and Lyin and Cryin can be found about 100 years uphill from here.