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The Scrap Yard Climbing

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Routes in The Scrap Yard

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	Crack Attack M5-
	Crack City TR 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b M6-7
	Dirty Jug TR M7
	I'm Not Scared TR M8-9
	Mantis Traverse L to R M7-
	Mantis Traverse R to L M6-7
	Scrap Yard Dogs T,TR M3-4
	Wasp Horror TR M8-

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Elevation:	5,579 ft	1,700 m
GPS:	40.62219, -111.74959 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Will M on Nov 2, 2022
Admins:	Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

As the name implies, a scrappy 35' panel of overhung rock broken by a ledge 10' up. Littered with micro cracks and tenuous holds. This wall was established as a dedicated drytooling venue so that folks will not use existing rock routes anywhere else in the canyons. A lot of graffiti was washed off, 6 gallon bags of glass removed, 50' of copper wire strung up in the trees taken down and two makeshift fire rings disassembled to make this a useable area. At the moment, it is TR only. There are four routes and two long traversing boulder problems. Grades are in the M6 to M9- range.

I encourage everybody to try and pick up glass & trash when you visit as there is still a ton of it littered throughout the area.

Getting There

Park either at the Remnants of the Ancient Sea pull-off or down canyon on the right immediately before the bridge. Walk along the trail for 200' as if approaching Creekside Crag, hang a left at the opening in the trees and walk to the second panel of rock. This is The Scrap Yard.

To access the TR anchors, walk up a rock ramp before rounding the corner to creekside and work your way up some class four rock. Once about 20' up, traverse across the slab for 50' and aim for the big bush and two very large boulders on the ledge below. The anchors are on the west-facing side of these boulder, the area to access them is flat.