Overview/Approach
Yellow Wall, 5.9
Yellow Wall is host to several of the finer routes in the City of Rocks area: Yellow Wall (namesake and in my opinion the best moderate climb in all of the City of Rocks), 5.9; Patina Turner, 5.11b; King of Suede, 5.10c. This wall is aptly named as its east facing rock displays a lot of yellow stratification. This tower like feature is among a collection of quiet climbing objectives north of the Twin Sisters. On our first visit to the area in 2012, on a Saturday in June, we had the entire area, including the approach trail, to ourselves. The SLC gym rats, which can crowd the easy access City routes, would be hard pressed to hike this far in the sun for climbing (30 minutes).
As before mentioned, Yellow Wall is really more of a tower structure than a wall, with two distinct walls on it, east and west. The east wall offers a magical area in which to belay during the summer, a slick rock alcove heavily shaded from the sun in the afternoon. Yellow Wall, the route, is an obvious hand and finger line up the center of the right end of the wall. King of Suede offers a fun finger crack overhang up twin cracks on the left side of the wall. Patina Turner takes off right from the Yellow Wall route via bolts.
Park at the Twin Sisters campground area, #1-#4. Look for a gate to the northwest. Climb the gate and follow the ranch road along the western edge of the granite outcroppings. After passing through a second cattle gate, angle right towards the granite. A significant wall that shows up in the immediate horizon is Weather Wall. Just to the right of Weather Wall is a smaller feature which offers a decent moderate two pitch crack climb, Twin Cracks, 5.9. Yellow Wall is just to the left of Weather Wall.
Route Description(s)
EAST FACE
Routes Listed Left to Right as you face the Wall
WEST FACE
Routes Listed Left to Right as you face the Wall
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