Upper Tier Rock Climbing
| Elevation: | 6,967 ft | 2,124 m |
| GPS: |
42.52957, -107.51369 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Anus Herder on Jul 27, 2023 | |
| Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
The people are ornery and the land is mean. I don't recommend coming here at all. If the rednecks, miners, roughnecks vagabonds or land doesn't get ya, some dehydrated whacked-out windblown sunbeaten climber just might. . . . Sweetwater Rocks and adjacent areas require LOW-profiles and LOTS of respect and consideration. Keep all fences/gates as you found them. Do not build fires. Adhere to all posted signs. Do not drive off of existing paths (roads). Do not let your dog run around (chances are great that it'll be shot, bitten, trampled or fed upon). Do not take anything from this land. . . and do not leave anything. Good BLM quads are essential (make sure they're up to date). Granite Mtns (Sweetwater) area closures are adjustable and are done so via ranchers and BLM officiales. Great tracts of this area are privately owned; meaning that they are always closed. For example: Lankin Dome BLM as of last year was closed 04-30 thru 06-31 for public AND private lands; between 03-01 thru 04-31 it was closed on private land. So, sometimes private easements are opened, and sometimes they aren't. . . same with public lands; oh, and mining claims too! Pay particular attention to any signage and postings.
Description
The upper tier of the moonstone holds the hardest routes the moonstone has to offer. But you need to work for it, approaching the main wall is an objective and this slab lies yet on top of this large slab. There are opportunities for more routes on the upper tier as only a handful have seen an ascent. Great stone and more opportunity for steep climbing than the lower slabs offer. The summit and summit ridge that lie above hold the secret to the moonstones name, it almost appears the rock has been hit with astroids as a plethora of large pools and holes litter the top.
Getting There
The upper tier of the Moonstone lies on top of what you drive up to. Approach as for Moonstone Main Wall. You can choose to climb a route on main moonstone and walk to the secondary slab up top (recommended) or hike up lookers left of the main slab on mellow slab with many boulders. Once you top out, the crack project wall is visible and is a relatively flat hike, while Lunar and Sweetwater moose lie up on top of the main slab feature.
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