PRINT: Rock Climb Skinner's Roof, City of Rocks

Skinner's Roof

5.12a, Trad, 60 ft (18 m),

Avg: 3.5 from 6 votes
FA: Todd Skinner
Idaho > S Idaho > City of Rocks > Skinner's Roof

Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) No trash cans. (3) Highlining temporary 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 recently 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 until further notice. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's. Park officials and CRAG are working to regain access to this valuable climbing resource. Be patient and check back for updates.
(2) No trash cans anywhere in City of Rocks: urlzs.com/c4eZH
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
By the authority of the park manager, Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is temporarily prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

The park(s) is reviewing highlining activities. 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…

Access Issue: Private Property - recently CLOSED TO CLIMBING and all public access. Details

All the areas, crags, and routes north of Twin Sisters are on private property and the landowner recently posted no trespassing notices at the gated road/trail to the area. Any access of these areas and routes is trespassing. Please be respectful of the land owner's wishes and do not climb here until further notice. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's.

Description

Skinner's Roof is on private property. Anyone caught trespassing will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Route listing and information left for historical purposes.

Classic short roof crack. Easy climbing to ringlocks and thin hands over the roof, followed by more easy climbing.

There is high potential for the rope dropping DEEP into the crack if seconding/toproping. Easy walkoff around to the right.

Location

It is pretty easy to locate this route as you walk through the field to White Lightning. Gradually pick your way up through boulders until you are at the base.

Protection

Crux is green camalot sized. Above the roof is perfect hands splitter to a very easy (5.6-ish?) offwidth. More hand/thin hand pieces for anchor.

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Looking up at Skinner's Roof.

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Past User

Beautiful natural roof crack- damn hard if you have big hands. If you feel solid on 3 camalot size hand jams, then don't bother.

Onsighted by Todd Skinner for the FA. Sep 24, 2012

Danny Parker
Teasdale, UT

There is a small section of this crack that is filled with twigs and cactus quills followed by a ledge with a mountain of poop! but dont let this dissuade you, it is well worth the aesthetic roof!
be careful with what gear you place at the roof, as the rope will inevitably track trough the crack and spin your cams.
the walk off was fairly easy. Jul 16, 2015

Evyn Conrad

This route is 100% on private property and the only individuals that have been allowed to climb on any of these routes have been those who have personally talked to the owner. At no point in time has the owner my grandfather opened any of these climbs up for public climbing. He is kindly asking that this route and the other routes on his property be taken off this site due to the fact that climbers have disrupted livestock, and littered. Anyone caught trespassing will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Mar 28, 2021