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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.?
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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.
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
A "strong" one star, this route is quite enjoyable. It is also one of the easier and better-protected routes on Combat Rock. It finishes with the nice hand crack on P2 of Nuclear Polka if you don't want to do the scary first pitch of that route.
Identify the long large roof, about half a ropelength up, on the climber's right side of Combat. A thin, clean LF corner drops from the right end of it (Nuclear Polka); Monkey Lust is the next crack to the right. Pitch one climbs the crack/corner to a belay on the upper slab. Pitch two diagonals up left 20 feet across the slab to a striking hand crack. Above, climb easier rock to the summit, and descend to the east, 3rd class. Nothing harder than moderate 5.9 is encountered.
Identify the long large roof, about half a ropelength up, on the climber's right side of Combat. A thin, clean LF corner drops from the right end of it (Nuclear Polka); Monkey Lust is the next crack to the right. Pitch one climbs the crack/corner to a belay on the upper slab. Pitch two diagonals up left 20 feet across the slab to a striking hand crack. Above, climb easier rock to the summit, and descend to the east, 3rd class. Nothing harder than moderate 5.9 is encountered.
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