Effective immediately, the following routes or features inside Arches National Park are closed to rock climbing to protect sensitive wildlife species in accordance with the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1).
These closures will remain in effect through the end of the termination date specified below, or until surveys determine associated habitats to be unoccupied by nesting raptors and/or lambing desert bighorn sheep. If surveys determine habitats to be unoccupied by sensitive wildlife, further notice will be given to update the list of temporarily closed climbing routes.
Area
Route name
Termination date
Arches entrance
The Pickle
Aug 31, 2013
Devils Garden, Devil Dog Spire
Industrial Disease
Sep 30, 2013
Garden of Eden, Ham Rock
Harkened Castle (Dune) (closure applies to entire feature known as Ham Rock)
Aug 15, 2013
Highway 191
Canyonlands by Night
Aug 31, 2013
El Second
The Coup
Highway 191, Cohn's Wall
Cohn's Odyssey
Aug 31, 2013
Left Route
Project One
Project Two
Klondike Bluffs
Klondike Bluffs Crack
Aug 31, 2013
Klondike Bluffs, The Bouquet
Route One
Route Two
Klondike Bluffs, Marching Men
Cuddle bunny Tower
Aug 31, 2013
False Start
North Marcher
Sand Hearse
Unknown Marching Men
Highway 128, Goose Island
Fun Ramp
Aug 31, 2013
The Hyena
Trail of the Navajo
Highway 128, Milano Tower
Pop Tarts
Aug 31, 2013
Highway 128
Escape Route
Windows, Tonka Tower
Tonka Tower (closure applies to entire feature known as Tonka Tower and feature to the north of Tonka Tower)
Aug 15, 2013
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
