Arches National Park Updates List of Temporary Climbing Route Closures

Date: July 9, 2013
Contact: Mark Miller, 435-719-2130

The following climbing routes in Arches National Park are again open to rock climbing: 

The Pickle (near the Arches main entrance road)
Crohn's Odyssey, Left Route, Project One, Project Two (on Crohn's Wall near Highway 191)
Cuddlebunny Tower, False Start, North Marcher, Sand Hearse, and Unknown Marching Men (in the Klondike Bluffs area) 

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
Garden of Eden, Ham Rock	Harkonnen 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
Klondike Bluffs	Klondike Bluffs Crack	Aug 31, 2013
Klondike Bluffs, The Bouquet	Route One
	Route Two
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