Update to List of Temporary Climbing Route Closures

Date: June 11, 2013
Contact: Mark Miller, 435-719-2130

Effective immediately, the route known as Industrial Disease in the Devils Garden area of the park and the feature known as Tonka Tower (including the feature immediately north of Tonka Tower) in the Windows area of the park are again open to rock climbing. 

The following routes or features inside Arches National Park remain closed to rock climbing to protect sensitive wildlife species in accordance with the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1).  

These closures will remain in effect through the end of the termination date specified below, or until surveys determine associated habitats to be unoccupied by nesting raptors and/or lambing desert bighorn sheep. If surveys determine habitats to be unoccupied by sensitive wildlife, further notice will be given to update the list of temporarily closed climbing routes.

Area	Route name	Termination date
Arches entrance	The Pickle	Aug 31, 2013
Garden of Eden, Ham Rock	Harkened Castle (Dune) (closure applies to entire feature known as Ham Rock)	Aug 15, 2013
Highway 191	Canyonlands by Night	Aug 31, 2013
	El Second
	The Coup
Highway 191, Cohn's Wall	Cohn's Odyssey	Aug 31, 2013
	Left Route
	Project One
	Project Two
Klondike Bluffs	Klondike Bluffs Crack	Aug 31, 2013
Klondike Bluffs, The Bouquet	Route One
	Route Two
Klondike Bluffs, Marching Men	Cuddle bunny Tower	Aug 31, 2013
	False Start
	North Marcher
	Sand Hearse
	Unknown Marching Men
Highway 128, Goose Island	Fun Ramp	Aug 31, 2013
	The Hyena
	Trail of the Navajo
Highway 128, Milano Tower	Pop Tarts	Aug 31, 2013
Highway 128	Escape Route