Lambs Knoll Climbing Site

Overview

About Lambs Knoll Climbing Site

Why stop

More than 25 established routes across several named climbing areas
Covered picnic shelters below the sandstone

Heads up

The summit route is exposed, and no accessible facilities are listed

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Where it is

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Plan your stop

Before you go

Getting there and making it work

From State Route 9 just east of Virgin, head north on Kolob Terrace Road for 10.6 miles, turn left onto the Lambs Knoll access road, then continue 0.2 mile to the trailhead. BLM improved the trailhead, access road, day-use picnic area and restroom in 2018. There's a restroom mapped as a pit toilet, but no accessible facilities are listed. No food service or potable water was found, so plan to bring what you need. The nearby eight-site walk-in campground is a separate dispersed-camping area, not part of the day-use lot. Kolob Terrace Road is usually open year-round, but snow and winter weather can make the drive hazardous.

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“You're approaching the access road for Lambs Knoll, a sandstone climbing and picnic area just outside the park on BLM land. I'd stop for a picnic beneath the crag, even if you aren't a climber.”

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More about Lambs Knoll Climbing Site

A crag on the Kolob Terrace approachLambs Knoll Climbing Site is a sandstone crag and day-use picnic area on BLM land, about 10.

Lambs Knoll Climbing Site is a sandstone crag and day-use picnic area on BLM land, about 10.6 miles up Kolob Terrace Road from State Route 9 near Virgin. It's just outside Zion National Park. Keep it in the plan if you're climbing or want a picnic beneath the sandstone; more than 25 established routes and a developed trailhead make this a real stop, while the shelters at the base are easy to enjoy without getting on the rock.

Routes are close; the high point is a different askA short informal approach brings you from the parking area to the rock.

A short informal approach brings you from the parking area to the rock. The climbing is split among named areas including Ewe Wall, Mutton Block, Ram Wall and The Basement. For a quick summit outing, a guide estimates about an hour round trip; allow longer if you want to wander the shelves and several high points. The true summit route includes a short, exposed Class 3 scramble, so don't mistake the easy picnic access for an easy summit walk.

Look back across the terraceYou don't need to climb to get the broad view: from the trailhead area, look toward Tabernacle…

You don't need to climb to get the broad view: from the trailhead area, look toward Tabernacle Dome, West Temple and the Guardian Angels. For a photo, include one of the picnic shelters below the crag to give the sandstone towers a sense of scale. The higher viewpoints bring you closer to the rock, but require that exposed scramble.

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