条目 in Massacre Rocks State Park

Massacre Rocks receives its name from an Indian ambush that took place back in the old days. Massacre is located on the Snake River and is a beautiful place.

U-shaped cove about 1/4 mile west, down-river, of the 'Main Wall Area'. Climbs are listed clockwise, starting on the west wall

This is the left most wall in the 'Owl Cove Area' and is south east facing

Left most route with a hard pull at the roof

Start on rounded holds, climb to a shallow dihedral with a sport anchor

Take blocky holds up a steep wall to a finish in a deep dihedral

Bulge to corner

Short, sweet, steep!

2 bolts through steep terrain and finish on the last 2 bolts of 'Cling'

Another short, steep one

Curving dark face

Wild layback!!

Starts in corner, move left onto arete/face, fun headwall finish

4-bolt variation to the start of 'The Wild Side'

Short-but-fun face, no anchor so finish on 'The Wild Side' headwall

Southeast facing Owl Wall is about a 100 feet to the right of 'Cling/Clang Wall'

Slabby arete

Massacre Rocks is part of the much larger “American Falls Archaeological District” (AFAD). There are multiple land jurisdictions in both the AFAD and where climbing takes place (see BLM Map). Extensive and well documented studies of the AFAD near and around the Snake River show many cultural resources and evidence of human habitation for at least the last 13,000 years. This area is considered sacred to the local Shoshone- Bannock tribes. Be respectful and minimize your footprint and impact in the area. Keep your staging area small and contained. Pick up and pack out your trash including tape, orange or banana peels, cigarette butts, etc. Prevent your dog from digging. Don’t start or make any fires, especially near the base of cliffs.

Also, please, only park in one of the designated parking areas and respect all road closures. Sandy soils in the AFAD are prone to wind erosion. Motorized vehicles and even foot traffic can damage the fragile ecology and could destroy rare, irreplaceable evidence of 13,000 years of human habitation. When hiking to the crags use established trails and don’t short cut or braid existing trails. Use the following graphic from the BLM to understand which areas are closed to motorized travel.

Pro-your-own crack/block

Tricky layback top crux

Starts beneath small roof

Pro corner/crack/roof

On blunt corner to face, thin crux!

Up center of face, save some juice for the top!

Same start as 'Space Violator', then right and up, tricky laybacks

Short bolted face

Tricky bolted blunt arete/face

Corner to face

Left side of steep slab, thin moves!

Right side of slab, same anchors as 'Holey Trojans'

In corner

Blunt prow

Steep slab with dime-thin edges

Groovy moves

West-facing wall on east side of 'Owl Cove Area'

Clip first bolt of 'Sociopath' then move left, good finish on excellent rock, upper ledge start

If you climb on the left side of the bolt line, 5.10c on the right, upper ledge start

Upper ledge start, fun, techy start to a steep finish

(if you stay on the arete!), a giggle of a climb

Massacre Rocks is part of the much larger “American Falls Archaeological District” (AFAD). There are multiple land jurisdictions in both the AFAD and where climbing takes place (see BLM Map). Extensive and well documented studies of the AFAD near and around the Snake River show many cultural resources and evidence of human habitation for at least the last 13,000 years. This area is considered sacred to the local Shoshone- Bannock tribes. Be respectful and minimize your footprint and impact in the area. Keep your staging area small and contained. Pick up and pack out your trash including tape, orange or banana peels, cigarette butts, etc. Prevent your dog from digging. Don’t start or make any fires, especially near the base of cliffs.

Also, please, only park in one of the designated parking areas and respect all road closures. Sandy soils in the AFAD are prone to wind erosion. Motorized vehicles and even foot traffic can damage the fragile ecology and could destroy rare, irreplaceable evidence of 13,000 years of human habitation. When hiking to the crags use established trails and don’t short cut or braid existing trails. Use the following graphic from the BLM to understand which areas are closed to motorized travel.

Good face moves

Massacre Rocks is part of the much larger “American Falls Archaeological District” (AFAD). There are multiple land jurisdictions in both the AFAD and where climbing takes place (see BLM Map). Extensive and well documented studies of the AFAD near and around the Snake River show many cultural resources and evidence of human habitation for at least the last 13,000 years. This area is considered sacred to the local Shoshone- Bannock tribes. Be respectful and minimize your footprint and impact in the area. Keep your staging area small and contained. Pick up and pack out your trash including tape, orange or banana peels, cigarette butts, etc. Prevent your dog from digging. Don’t start or make any fires, especially near the base of cliffs.

Also, please, only park in one of the designated parking areas and respect all road closures. Sandy soils in the AFAD are prone to wind erosion. Motorized vehicles and even foot traffic can damage the fragile ecology and could destroy rare, irreplaceable evidence of 13,000 years of human habitation. When hiking to the crags use established trails and don’t short cut or braid existing trails. Use the following graphic from the BLM to understand which areas are closed to motorized travel.

Up black bulge/face, kinky!!

Direct start to straight jacket, 2 additional bolts on the direct start

Up overhanging flare, weird moves!

Starts up crack/slot

Up left side of huge block

Up right side of block, same finish as 'Psycho Billy'

(if you don't wimp out and use the block to the left!!), sustained, up two parallel seams to dihedral finish

Up thin face

White face just left of obvious roof, great!!

Through big roof, using right side only is harder

Up white face, Massacre's best hard climb!

Through crux flare

Kind of contrived

Excellent and varied moves, crux at top if you avoid off-route crack to the left

Up z-seam face

Great concave crack/face, crux is after last bolt!

Several crux sections

Next routes are below and right of 'Off Your Rocker'

Blunt arete, sharp edges

Pro crack, second crack right of 'Still Crazy After All These Years', behind big juniper

Next crack right, needs pro

Using arete only, 5.11c if you use the right crack

Retrobolted aka 'Slippin' Post', long route

Long, several cruxes

Long retro bolted line

Up weird, eroded plates

Continuation of 'Nurse Ratchet'

Long pro crack, left of obvious large face

Bolt line up right side of face, kind of loose rock at start, gets better, kinky moves! steep finish

Retro bolted long line

Pro crack, starts on left side of short pillar

Crack with bolts, might want to stick-clip first bolt

Starts on short pillar, then right, great climb, stemming start to crack, crux face finish

Up hand-jam crack to great, steep finish

Starts in thin, tough finger crack, then up and left for steep face finish

Massacre Rocks is part of the much larger “American Falls Archaeological District” (AFAD). There are multiple land jurisdictions in both the AFAD and where climbing takes place (see BLM Map). Extensive and well documented studies of the AFAD near and around the Snake River show many cultural resources and evidence of human habitation for at least the last 13,000 years. This area is considered sacred to the local Shoshone- Bannock tribes. Be respectful and minimize your footprint and impact in the area. Keep your staging area small and contained. Pick up and pack out your trash including tape, orange or banana peels, cigarette butts, etc. Prevent your dog from digging. Don’t start or make any fires, especially near the base of cliffs.

Also, please, only park in one of the designated parking areas and respect all road closures. Sandy soils in the AFAD are prone to wind erosion. Motorized vehicles and even foot traffic can damage the fragile ecology and could destroy rare, irreplaceable evidence of 13,000 years of human habitation. When hiking to the crags use established trails and don’t short cut or braid existing trails. Use the following graphic from the BLM to understand which areas are closed to motorized travel.

Crack or 'Tr'

Up wild, detached pillar

Start on first 2 bolts of 'Delirium Tremens', then left for 4 bolts, finishes on same anchors as 'Delirium Tremens', some of Massacre's best stemming

Face right of pillar

Good moves

Up crack to blunt, brown arete, crux is thin finish

Pull through a crack to a ledge below a double dihedral. This is an approach pitch to the Jail House Wall

Great looking wall above the right end of the Lower Tier of 'Asylum Wall'. Huge ledge runs from 'Asylum Wall' to 'Rubble Wall'. Use 'Dead Man Walking' or 'Red Shank' as an approach pitch. You can also find anchors at the top and rap in.

Left most route on the upper wall

Straight up the center of the wall

Right trending moves to a stance, move left to a steep finish. Perfect chocolate brown rock

Broken-looking area just right of the 'Owl Cove Area', the wall faces east and the river and is significantly left of the 'Main Wall Area'. Best approached by traversing in from the 'Owl Cove Area' or it is directly across the Snake River from the boat put in for either the 'Owl Cove Area' or the 'Main Wall Area'.

Left most route, start in a nice corner past 2 bolts to a ledge. Continue up a dihedral to a broken face on fine brown rock, stem a wide corner to the anchors

Bolt line up a pillar formation left of a large bush, climb into the left dihedral between the 3rd and 4th bolts, then hand traverse right at the 6th bolt to the right side dihedral and follow the corner/bolts to the anchor. Original route is 5.11b by avoiding both corners and cracks (with difficulty) and staying on the pillar only. Excellent climb if you follow the holds

Follow the line of bolts just right of the large bush about 1/3 the way up the cliff. This is the easiest approach pitch to Jail House Wall. Pull onto the large ledge and walk/scramble to the base of the routes on Jail House Wall

Right of Red Shank climb past 1 bolt to the ledge, climb up the face of the column to a corner system, finish at the anchors in a large roof

Clip the first 3 bolts on 'Puppy Chow', then move right and up over the hard bulge, 4 more bolts

Starts on gritty section to broken face, and finishes on prow

Short approach pitch then belay at anchors. The rock quality and climb improves after first few bolts

Clip the first 3 bolts on 'Cryday', then move right, up hard finger crack and over bulges

This wall faces southeast, just above the river. Traditional access is by boat, canoe, or kayak. Canoe put in is just past the fee station at the 'Massacre Rocks State Park' Entrance. Park your vehicle behind the fee station and portage the canoe across a trail directly to the river. Once across the river continue up river about 300 yards past the 'Owl Cove Area' to the start of the good looking rock. Walk up hill to the leftmost route, 'Arch Enemy'. It is also possible to hike from P1 or P2 or P3 parking. Hike to All American and continue east skirting right around 'Royalty Point' and head towards 'Camptown Towers' and 'Owl Cove Area'. From 'Owl Cove Area' walk up river to the Main Wall Area area. 30 mins. There are slightly more direct routes walking up and over the mesa's

Left-most crag defining the start of the 'Main Wall Area'