Indian Creek, Utah Rock Climbing

Indian Creek is the undisputed home of crack climbing. Practically the perfect cragging destination in the U.S. is host to a wide array of classic climbs and towers, not to mention scenic car camping. It's a great place to learn the subtleties of crack climbing, and hone your climbing skills. We guarantee that you will be a better climber after your trip with us at Indian Creek. We offer both crack climbing seminars and private guiding for those who would like more one-on-one instruction.

The Fall (September - early December) and Spring (March - early June) are typically the best seasons to climb at Indian Creek, but the winter months are also an excellent time to climb. In the winter we tend to climb at sunny crags in order to be comfortable. Temperatures in the winter can be very pleasant (mid to high 50's) but it often feels like the 70's when you're in the sun. It's a great way to get some warm weather rock climbing in during those long winter months.

Crack Climbing Course

Our 2 Day Crack Climbing Course will focus on helping you gain crack climbing proficiency in the most efficient manner. Hand jams, fist jams, finger locks, arm bars, and all the latest techniques that are used to crack climb will be introduced, discussed, and practiced, to help you gain crack climbing competency. It's certainly not the easiest climbing in the world, but a few days in the Creek will do wonders for your climbing ability no matter what your favorite type of climbing may be (traditional, sport, ice).

Desert Climbing Seminar

New for 2011 is our 4 Day Utah Desert Climbing Seminar. This seminar adds 2 days onto our Crack Climbing Course and applies more specific focus to multi-pitch climbing and strategies, as well as the more advanced topics of anchoring, protection placement, and rescue considerations. If you're an aspiring leader and want to participate in a course that will help to build a solid foundation of climbing technique and technical know how, then this is the program for you! We've designed this course to run Saturday - Tuesday to avoid the weekend crowds on popular climbs and towers such as Castleton.

*If our scheduled climbs do not fit your needs, we can also schedule private dates by request.

Classic climbs and towers in Indian Creek include:

• Supercrack
• Incredible Handcrack
• Chocolate Corner
• Generic Crack
• Lightning Bolt Cracks, N. Six Shooter
• South Face, S. Six Shooter
• Thumbelina, Bridger Jack Mesa
• And many, many more!
  

Additional Information

Cost Includes: An AMGA certified or trained guide(s), group camping & climbing equipment (tents, ropes, stoves, etc). Dinners and breakfasts are included on both the Crack Climbing Course and Desert Climbing Seminar.

Cost Does Not Include: Domestic airfare to Utah or Colorado, hotels stays in Utah, food in towns or cities, transportation fee to Indian Creek, cancellation or emergency evacuation, insurance, costs of a personal nature, or costs associated with flight or trip delays.

Travel & Insurance: All participants are expected to arrange their arrival and departure to and from Indian Creek, UT. For those who are flying, Durango is the closest "major" airport to Indian Creek.

Registration and Cancelation: You will need to fill out a Domestic Multi-Day Registration Form, cancellation policy agreement and a liability waiver, and send it to us with a 50% deposit. Balance is due 30 days prior to trip departure date. Please click on our Registration link to access the required forms.

Prerequisites: Participants should feel comfortable toproping 5.9 either in a gym or at your local crag.