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The Arch Rock Climbing

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	Hasa Diga Eebowai S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Lifestyles of the Poor and Infamous S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Lighten Your Load S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Lone She-Wolf S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Elevation:	3,637 ft	1,109 m
GPS:	44.38259, -121.10819 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Raptor Nesting Closures Details

JULY 5 UPDATE FROM PARK MANAGEMENT:

ALL SEASONAL CLIMBING CLOSURES FOR CLIMBING AND SLACKLINING WILL BE LIFTED ON FRIDAY, JULY 7TH THIS WEEK.
THANKS, EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP IN OBSERVING RESTRICTIONS DURING THE NESTING SEASON!

There are many seasonal raptor closures with varying dates and specific boundaries. These generally effect The Monument, Kiss of the Lepers, Picnic Lunch Wall and/or Smith Rock group, and possibly elsewhere. These usually run from February to the beginning of August, but each closure is usually shorter than this, and is dependent on the birds' behavior. Check this site for details: smithrock.com/seasonal-clos…

Description

This crag band is so remote feeling it make the Zoo downright cosmopolitan. If you bother to walk up here, you will be rewarded by seclusion, unique vistas, and a hand full of worthy routes.

If it's too hot at the Zoo, this crag is a great option starting early afternoon as its in full shade and is typically rather breezy. You might want your puffy even when the temps are in the low 80s up here.

Getting There

The first time there, it will help you find the place both through these directions and by using the geotag on this page. It's not hard to get there, but it is hard to describe.

geolocation on google maps: goo.gl/maps/ECs5fWYGnaEhDFx57

These directions start at the most uphill part of the Zoo, NW of the Fourth Area.

From the Zoo, head north uphill past the Fourth Area where the cliff ends, turning to the right. Follow the petering out cliff between some squat spuds up into a nice little grove that pops up to a flat plane with fenced water trough known as The Guzzler (it's visible as a white rectangle on google maps). You are now behind the Zoo on relatively flat ground.

From here, follow west side of the Guzzler enclosing fence south until the fence cuts left. Continue forward leaving the guzzler behind you to another barbwire fence in about 100 meters, looking for a gap where you can cleanly walk through.

Continue forward after the fence, hiking southwards and keeping your same altitude below a junky pylon, staying a bit uphill of the draw on your right.

Traverse straight across this bluff sloping downhill to your right on open grassland for a few hundred meters passing another rocky outcrop downhill on the right in about two minutes. If lucky, you will stumble upon a faint game trail that leads you along perfectly.

Keep traversing the hillside looking left until you reach the base of a rock mass on the uphill/let side. Look uphill for a squat cave known as Arch Nemesis. Walk uphill to this small cave.

From Arch Nemesis, switchback right. You can catch glimpses of the small keyhole arch as you walk up.

Walk up and through the keyhole to a stone stage on the southeast side. Look back behind you for the routes.

Total travel time from the Zoo proper: 15 minutes.