PRINT: Rock Climb Yellow Wall, City of Rocks

Yellow Wall

5.9, Trad, 105 ft (32 m),

Avg: 3.5 from 26 votes
FA: Reid Dowdle, '83
Idaho > S Idaho > City of Rocks > Yellow Wall

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

Yellow Wall 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.

Location

On the easterly aspect of Yellow Wall, about a mile in from the parking lot on the south end of the Twin Sisters.

Protection

We used a set of doubles from #3 down, only placed 1 #3 towards the top of the route. Placed a nut or two as well, but mainly cams. A lot of smaller gear, .75 on down. Had a set of small cams which was very useful.

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photo: Mooner<br>
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A more comprehensive shot of the route.

photo: Mooner A more comprehensive shot of the route.

Lots of good stemming on this route.

Mooner leading through the beginning of the crux.

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Doug Lintz
Kearney, NE

5.8+

This is a fantastic route that probably sees little traffic. It gets shade in the late afternoon. The hike isn't too bad. I used mostly small cams and plenty of stoppers. In 2011 there was a fixed stopper about half-way up.

For the descent, we weren't sure if our 60 meter rope would reach the ground so we did a short rappel to the SE(?) to another set of visible anchors, and a second rappel to the ground. Aug 2, 2013

drewford
Wasatch Back, UT

A great line. Could really use some fixed anchors for descent and to TR the 5.11 to the left. Sep 2, 2013

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

Dave Bingham
Hailey, ID

Hi Evyn,
So sorry for any climber-caused problems on your grandfathers property. In my 40+ year experience climbing in the area my impression is most climbers are very conscious not spooking cattle and certainly not leaving litter. I'm also currently a board member of a non-profit group (CRAG Idaho) that works with the park on climbing issues. We have tried to communicate with the landowners over the last several years but have been mostly ignored. Please note the property was open to climbers for many decades with no issues of livestock disturbance or littering, but suddenly closed.We hold out hope that this special area will one day be open for climbers, but until that time encourage climbers to respect private property. In studying county maps, it looks like the property in question is owned by Harold and Lorrayne Ward. Are these your grandfolks? Mar 29, 2022