PRINT: Rock Climb Rock Lobster, City of Rocks

Rock Lobster

5.7 PG13, Trad, 90 ft (27 m),

Avg: 1.5 from 18 votes
FA: unknown
Idaho > S Idaho > City of Rocks > Gallstone, The

Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) There are no longer trash cans in the park. (3) Highlining ban in place for CIRO and CRSP Details

(1) The area, crags, and routes just north of the Twin Sisters are on private land and the landowner posted no trespassing notices at the gated road/trail to the area. Any access of these areas and routes is trespassing. The area was closed by the landowner due to trespassing, illegal camping, fires & trash, and disregard of owner's privacy.
Please be respectful of the land owner's wishes and do not climb or hike here. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's.
(2) In 2024 CIRO implemented a no trash cans anywhere policy. Be prepared to take your trash home with you. facebook.com/CityOfRocksNPS… and nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/…
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

Here are Google Drive links to the closure and the updated Code of Regulations for CIRO. drive.google.com/open?id=1y… and drive.google.com/open?id=1Y…

Description

Start at the same location for Conceptual Reality, but as the crack forks, take the right fork. It is a decent crack except for the fighting past 2 small trees. Gain an very easy slab where the crack dies, (a bit runout, but very easy) and gain a wide crack with a couple more trees and a serious amount of spider-webs. This wide crack has a bit of flaky rock on the left side.

Location

Same start as Conceptual Reality, in a hollow on the east face.

Protection

Medium size gear for the 1st crack, and slings for the trees on the upper crack and maybe a medium piece or two.

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Start of the route Rock Lobster with annoying tree

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Upland

This would be a much nicer route without the 4 trees growing out of the crack. The first one is particularly annoying. Though the description above calls this route 90 feet, by the time I worked my way back left to lower off the Conceptual Reality anchors, I was past 1/2 rope with a 70 M rope. 115 + 85 = 200, so if you should do this rope with a 60M rope, use caution. Jun 19, 2023