Suggested Page Improvements to Upper Blair

From the I-80 exit 329,take Lincoln HWY (Highway parallel to I-80) northwest watching for a right turn that goes underneath the interstate. This is FR 705. Follow this road into the national forest and past the Lower Blair parking. The road curves and rises. Turn right onto FR 707. After a short distance either park at a less obvious road (now closed) just past a cattle guard or continue a little more and park near another barricade on FR road 707.A, a more obvious road (also permanently closed) Note the 8ball as you approach. Alternatively one can approach from the Lower Blair parking, or at a cattleguard uphill from Lower Blair with a trail on the south side of the barbed wire fence.

Please integrate with existing 'Directions' and 'getting there' if possible..... your call. Thanks

UPPER BLAIR is literally bursting with high quality climbs - if you know where to find them. When I first started trying to make sense out of it (late eighties), I was blown away by the unruly disorganization of the place. One look at the 'Upper Blair Topo' indicates just how crazy it is. I knew there were some great climbs 'up in here' and a few talented climbers were 'at work', but there was no truly helpful materials available. Using a combination of USGS Topos, an early satellite shot, some hand drawn 'maps and route topos' I had acquired and a brief tour with one of the 'old guard' from Laramie who had summited some of the formations, I set out to 'decode' the place mostly devoid of trails and well-known landmarks. Yes, many knew where the '8 Ball' and 'John's Tower' were (they are hard to miss), but how about 'South Corner', 'Behind Blue Eyes' or 'Storm Watch'? No answer!! The incomplete results ended up in "Heel and Toe" ('94), however it became apparent there was still lots of virgin territory to be explored. Despite what is stated elsewhere, nearly 1/3 of the climbs in Upper Blair were put in during the nineties, an effort that continued to a lesser degree after 2000. Even today, with high resolution satellite information, GPS and new guidebooks, there are some climbs that continue to defy one's ability to find them. Perhaps the fabled 'Spectreman' is one of the most sought after climbs located here, yet there are many other climbs of (nearly) similar quality. There are thin fingers to hard offwidth in one climb (Ultraviolets), lengthy offwidths (SS Maywood), fun yet challenging climbs (Baobab Tree), big roofs (roofinit), finger cracks that will really push you (What the French Girl Said), fine bolted routes (Easter Island), mixed climbs (trad+bolts = Disappearing Act) and other interesting concoctions (Inebriation Confabulation). No matter what your comfort level is, you will find adventures here that will keep you coming back again and again. The topo was drawn as a basic guide to the formations and locator for some of the more well known climbs. Using this and one or more of the existing guidebooks, you can zero in on your chosen destination.

Getting here.
Refer to the directions for Blair, including directions for Upper Blair. No need to reiterate it here. Worthy of mention is that during this year ('14), due to the temporary closing of Road #707a, people have been accessing Upper Blair from a 'new' turnoff from Road #707 slightly downhill (w) of the usual turnoff (#707a) near an obvious cattle guard. A makeshift parking area is forming here and the hike in is shorter than following the usual roads

New Location: Lat 41.19595, Lon -105.38529

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