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DescriptionAn excellent mix of trad and sport lines, often with routes very close together (some contrived sport routes do exist, but this is not the norm) and the ability to belay from your car or with only a very short walk in make the Potash Road crags a must-climb for any visitor. They are also an excellent introduction to some of the more committing desert climbs in the region. You won't find some of the tower climbing, the mudpiles, or the splitter cracks of other areas, but instead flakes, slabs, nubbins, edges, and other features abound. Getting TherePotash Road (Utah highway 279) is less than five minutes from downtown Moab, and the approach to many of the routes is zero. From Moab drive North on 191 (the main drag) for 1.3 miles past the bridge over the Colorado River (or 1 mile South from Arches NP) and turn South on 191, marked with signs for Potash and 279. All distances to crags are measured from this intersection. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Potash Road:
30 Seconds Over Potash 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Wall Street
Seibernetics 5.8+ Trad Wall Street
Potstash 5.9 Sport, 60 feet Wall Street
East Of Wrath 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Wall Street
Bad Moki Roof 5.9 Trad Wall Street
Steel Your Face 5.9+ Sport Wall Street
Flakes of Wrath 5.9+ Trad, TR Wall Street
Nervous in Suburbia 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Wall Street
El Cracko Diablo 5.10a Trad Wall Street
Lucy in the Sky with Potash 5.10a Trad Wall Street
Another Roadside Distraction 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Wall Street
Frogs of a Feather 5.10c Trad Wall Street
Eat the Rich 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Wall Street
Big Sky Mud Flaps 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet Wall Street
Baby Blue 5.11a Trad Wall Street
Astro Lad 5.11a Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet Wall Street
Static Cling 5.11a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Wall Street
Skeletonic 5.11d PG13 Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet Wall Street
Dark Horse 5.12a Sport, 70 feet Wall Street
Knapping With The Alien 5.12- Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet Wall Street
Featured Route For Potash Road
 This stellar route is 1.5 miles downriver from Long Canyon. It is characterized by a leaf-shaped pod halfway up the route. It starts with some chossy, face climbing with huecos past two good bolts. The splitter starts with some fingerlocks and some stemming that leads to thin hands. Some face holds on the left of the crack make this section not so desparate. The pod offers some chimney rests before you blast out the perfect hands that take you ou...[more] Browse More Classics in UT
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