This sport climbing crag was recently developed by Sean Cobourn and crew. Featuring over 72 routes from 5.6 to 5.12 with an as-of-yet climbed 5.13ish multi-pitch overhanging roof there are no shortage of options. This doesn’t even mention the dozen or so boulders we found scattered below the cliffs! We have a copy of Sean’s guidebook ‘Don’t Tread On Me 2’ at the Green River Ranch, but if you would like to order a copy the best way is through this LINK.
Trip Report: We started this little expedition at the Green River Ranch and essentially bushwacked through the back part of the property up to the Gamelands. From there we pretty much bee-lined it to the cliffs. Being the leaves are off the trees we could get a visual on the cliffs every now and then, so route finding wasn’t that difficult. We would NOT recommend this route in the summer! Think stinging insects, snakes, etc. The hike took about 40 minutes and besides the last 400 yards being extremely steep, it wasn’t too bad. Once at the cliffs, we found a fairly worn trail and the walking was substantially easier.
Upon arrival, we were instantly blown away! We couldn’t believe how many routes had been bolted AND how much cliff was left undeveloped. The rock was clean with tons of interesting cracks and features. As well it had rained over two inches the day before and the south-facing cliff was mostly dry. Now that we’ve found a route to the cliffs we can’t wait to come back with some gear!
After scrambling around on the cliffs for a bit we headed down to the boulders lurking in the forest below. While this boulder field only had about a dozen big boulders the lines were 100% untouched and truly amazing! We scrambled up a few of the V2ish routes and scoped out another 10 or so that were climbing shoe worthy in the V6 – V8 range. Can’t wait to get a couple of crash pads out here and crush some rocks!
Before we knew it the sun was starting to sink into the horizon and it was time to head back to the Green River Ranch. Rather than go back the way we came we decided to check out the established access trail mainly just to see where it went. Climbing about 400 vertical feet and covering just under a mile we ended up at the parking area off Big Hungry Road where the Long Ridge/Turkey Gut intersection comes together. From here we went ahead and took Turkey to Bluff Trail down to the Green River Ranch. Next time we’re going to try and access the cliffs by way of Turkey Gut. The terrain gets savage in that area, so stay tuned for what could be an epic! Check out the map below for details on access and subscribe to Cove Life for all the insider beta and fun stories about the Green River Gorge!
