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Driving near Torrent Falls recently and found a gravel road labeled FS210 with a gate. Following it back about a mile leads to a small parking lot with some sort of a valve protruding from the ground... There's a good-sized rock formation above it with what appears to be several decent climbing routes, with some loose rock, no anchors or chalk marks, and few signs of use. No signs posted anywhere, but a couple of cars were parked there and some trash was scattered around the area.
Does anyone recognize this area? Is it private property or open for climbing? Better to park elsewhere and hike in? Or just leave it alone? Thanks!

I have never been there, but I did find FS210 on the map (on the west side of Route 11 across from Lady Slipper/Global Village). It appears to be Forest Sevice land, but very close to the Natural Bridge State Park land also. I'm not sure about the climbing, but Quarry Rock is near there.

Please post all renegade,secret, and/or new crag info here. Oh, I think Bubba likes to boink and shoot guns there too.

dude that is the gun crag, there are a few bolted lines there, look harder, it is a well known (by those in the know) area for handgun packing weirdos, including a few forest service servants

There is a killer traverse back there called Wocket in my Pocket. Do it.

Oh, its a pretty good top roping area too. I've been going there for years goofing around when I had no one to climb with.

The 'Manimal' and I slept up there many a time nobody bothered us. Course we were packing ! Look closer up on that wall above the parking spot with the pipe sticking up and you'll find a few angle iron hangers on routes from the old days that never got popular!

The FS part of FS210 stands for Forest Service, I think that might answer your land ownership question.