Indian Creek Crack Climbs
Overview
If your goal is crack-climbing, a stop at Indian Creek is a must. Follow your guide on a tour of the world-class parallel cracks of Indian Creek. Splitter after splitter crack climbs line the massive walls to the entrance of the infamous Needles District. Join us for a full day of climbing in what is the mecca of Southwestern crack climbing. Stay the day, or sleep under the stars with an overnight stay.
Looking to accelerate your crack climbing skills with expert guidance?
Learn crack climbing techniques from expert local guides and experienced crack climbers. Mastering this unique style of climbing takes patience, determination, and practice, but the rewards are well worth the effort. Once you experience your first breakthrough, you'll understand why so many climbers become passionate about crack climbing. With professional instruction and personalized coaching, progress comes faster and more efficiently. Our experienced guides set you up for success by selecting routes that match your skill level while providing the right amount of challenge to help you build confidence, improve technique, and reach your climbing goals.
The Mountain Guides – The Only AMGA-Accredited Guide Service in Moab
Hiring a guide makes sense for climbers of every experience level. Our professional guides help you maximize your time on the rock by navigating logistics, selecting the best routes for current conditions, and matching objectives to your goals and abilities. You'll spend less time figuring things out and more time climbing.
We provide all technical rock climbing equipment, so you can focus on the experience. Simply bring your climbing shoes, food, camping gear (if applicable), and transportation to and from the trailhead, and we'll take care of the rest.
Indian Creek
Follow your guide to Indian Creek, approximately 100 miles round trip from downtown Moab. Once there, you will be transported back in time to the old West, surrounded by petroglyphs and the iconic Six shooters. The choices are endless with miles of cliff bands filled with crack climbing routes all within close proximity to one another, making the walking time minimal for the amount of climbing that can be achieved in a day.
While there your day will be spent learning the nuances of climbing parallel cracks. At first difficult and painful but once mastered crack climbing is one o the most stable climbing techniques to have in your climbing arsenal.
Full Day Climbing:
1:1 – $400
2:1 – $260 per person
3:1 – $210 per person
4+ – $185 per person
Meeting times are determined by the season. Please contact 435-260-0990 for departure times. Unless prior arrangements have been made you will meet your guide at the RED ROCK BAKERY, 74 South Main Street across the street from the McStiff’s Plaza.
FOOTWEAR
- Approach Shoe – Guide Pick: Salewa Firetail 3
- Technical Rock Shoe: comfortable fit. -an aggressive fitting climbing, sport climbing shoe is not recommended.
CLOTHING
- Synthetic Short- Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Chockstone Hike Short
- Pant for Climbing Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Super Chockstone Pant
- Long Sleeve and/or Short Sleeve Wicking T-shirt- Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Metonic
- Long Sleeve Cotton T-shirt
- Lightweight Wind Shell – Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Super Chockstone Jacket
- 35- 40 Liter Back Pack—Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Hueco 35
- 15-20 Liter Pack for Tower Pursuits climbs Guide Pick: Mountain Hardwear Scrambler Roll To 20 OutDry
ACCESSORIES
- 2 to 3 Liters of Water
- For Approach Pack: hydration pack 2 liters
- Sunscreen
- Lip Balm
- Roll of 2 inch Cotton Athletic Tape
CLIMBING EQUIPMENT The Mountain Guides does provide technical climbing equipment (Helmet, Harness and personal protection equipment) If you have your own, your are more than welcome to bring use it.
- Harness
- 3 Locking Carabineers
- Belay/Rappel Device
- Personal Attachment System
Have gear questions? We’re here to help! Contact us at the Moab Office at 435.260.0990 or moab@jhmg.com.
Located in southeast Utah, Moab is approximately 236 miles from Salt Lake City, 355 miles from Denver, 115 miles from Grand Junction and 458 miles from Las Vegas. Most trips and classes leave from the RED ROCK BAKERY, 74 South Main Street across the street from the McStiff’s Plaza. Meeting times are determined by the season. Please contact 435-260-0990 for departure times. Many of our climbing sites are fairly close to town, while Indian Creek, Castle Valley and Fisher Towers take about an hour to get to. Once there however, there are miles of routes with close proximity to one another, making the walking time minimal when compared to the amount of climbing that can be achieved in a day. Climbing around Moab is usually about a 10 to 20 minute drive from downtown. The approaches are very close to the car and routes are located close together.