| Type: | Trad, Sport, 90 ft (27 m) |
| GPS: | 42.06716, -113.7094 |
| FA: | Dan Sperlock, 1989 |
| Page Views: | 4,689 total · 20/month |
| Shared By: | Shaun Greene on Feb 11, 2007 |
| Admins: | GRK, Mike Engle, Eric Bluemn |
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
Climb up the slightly runout but lower angle slab and clip the first bolt. After you clip the first bolt it is very well protected. The crux is just past the first bolt (or maybe its the second) where one must do some slabby moves up to the next bolt. Attain the ledge and then go right and follow the bolted arete/face up to the chains. It is a really good idea to bring some medium to small pro for the moves getting off of the ledge to the first bolt on the upper face. Also, gear is recommended further up the climb as well.
Location
This route starts climbers right of prepare for soaring seagulls (5.10d). It is on the north side of elephant rock. you will see two lines of bolts leading to a large ledge this is the rightmost line, whereas the left line of bolts is for prepare for soaring seagulls. Descent is via a 60 meter rope. Simply lower off of the chains at the top of the climb.



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