The Back Forty
Back Forty, The is a sport climbing area in Wyoming with 6 routes.
- 6 routes
- 5.10d – 5.11d
- Sport
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The Back Forty is a sport climbing area in the Powder River Ranger District of Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among two other climbing areas, Matrix Pillar and Big Kahuna Pillar, both about 0.1 mile away, which makes it easy to pair with those pillars on a single visit. The area has six sport routes, all rated between 5.10d and 5.11d. The easiest is P.B.R. Celebration at 5.10d, and the hardest is Crazy Wynona at 5.11d. Most of the routes were first ascended by Charlie Kardaleff, with a few of the 5.11s going back to 2003 and 2010. For an overnight stay, Boulder Park Campground is about 1.1 mile away and Willow Park Group Campground about 2.5 miles. East Tensleep Lake is roughly 4.1 miles off for a hike, and Tensleep Creek offers paddling about 6.4 miles away.
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