Area Info


Climbing Crags

mountain project Area map


Lander area guidebook

Click the image or this link, to order online from Wild Iris Mountain Sports in Lander (a portion of your purchase goes to the WyoClimbers).  $39.95

Mountain Project links

ROPE CLIMBING

Sinks Canyon - includes the Granite and Sandstone areas

Wild Iris

Sweat lodge

Wolf Point

 

AREA ETHICS BROUGHT TO YOU BY LOCALS AND LAND MANAGERS:


Keep Climbing Areas Clean! - if you brought it in, please make sure it leaves with you. We find most climbers are excellent at this. Thanks.

Got to Poo? - Please use an existing facility or bring a wag bag. If there is no existing facility and you must go, make sure you dig a proper cathole, bury it completely and are well away from trails, campsites, water and the climbing areas. Do NOT bury toilet paper or (eeek! even worse) baby wipes. We are in a high desert and our soil has fewer microbes than you think. "The Wyoming climbing community is known to be friendly and gregarious. We don't tolerate rude behavior." - quote Lonesome Dove.

Please stay on trails and camp in designated or existing sites only.

Report any access issues, strange encounters with other users, encounters with wildlife, or suggestions and comments here.

Read the Guidebook and Land Management websites so you can be up do date on Current Restrictions

Wildlife, we have it. Black Bears, Grizzly Bears, Mountain Lions, Rattlesnakes and more. Respect and keep your distance!

You are solely responsible for you, your knowledge of climbing risks, ability to recognize hazards and your safety. Please make sure you understand the risks of climbing and the systems necessary to minimize risk to yourself and others.

If it is red tagged, dont climb it.

No one likes a spray-lord/lass. Check with the climber you are aiming at before you unload those beta bullets.

If you dont have to form a line, please dont.

DOGS: We love em', but unless your dog is the kind that literally lies at the base of the climb you are on and shows no interest in sniffing/biting/barking at other humans, animals, or burritos that wander by, please keep it leashed. We ask you to be proactive rather than waiting until your dog runs off, nips at someone, starts fights with other dogs, humps someone, or eats their lunch. We know your dog is good. Just because a dog is good for you, doesnt mean its good around others or in cramped spaces. Please pick up their poo.


Lander Beta

Lander was known as Pushroot, Fort Brown, and Fort Auger prior to its current name. The town was named Lander in honor of General Frederick W. Lander, a famous transcontinental explorer who surveyed the Oregon Trail's Lander Cutoff [7]. Several miles southeast of town near present-day U.S. Route 287 is the site of Wyoming's first oil well, circa 1884 [8]. The town was incorporated in 1890 [9].

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lander,_Wyoming

 

WHAT TO EAT - OUR TOP PICKS

The Cowfish/Lander Brewing - Fine Dining and Cocktails - 148 Main Street | (307) 332-8227

The Historic Lander Bar/Gannett Grill - 126 Main Street | (307) 332-8228

Whitebark Cafe and Bakery Premium, artisan coffee and pastries - 135 N 2nd Street

Lincoln Street Bakery - 223 Lincoln Street | (307) 335-5362

The Lander Bake Shop - Fine coffee, baked goods, and paleo options - 259 Main Street | (307) 438-4305

The Middle Fork - High-end breakfast and lunch offerings - 351 Main Street | (307) 335-5035

El Sol - Mexican style lunch and dinner options - 453 Main Street | (307) 332-9298

Sinks Coffee - 300 Main Street | (307) 335-5139

 

WHERE TO CAMP

Lander City Park - Free for 3 days at a time. 405 Fremont Street | (307) 332-4647

Sinks Canyon:
Various free and paid options.

Sinks Canyon State Park
7 miles SW of Lander on Hwy 131
$8/night; Drinking water, toilets, tables, no hook-ups

US Forest Service, Sinks Canyon Campground
10 miles SW of Lander on Hwy 131
$8/night; Drinking water, toilets, tables, fishing areas, no hook-ups

HOTELS

Lander Mill House- Boutique Hotel
125 MAIN ST. LANDER, WY
themillhouselander@gmail.com
307.349.9254

INN AT LANDER
Address: 260 Grandview Dr, Lander, WY 82520
Phone: (307) 332-2847

Holiday Inn Express
1002 South 11th St
(307) 332-4005

Rodeway Inn Pronghorn Lodge
150 E. Main St.
(307) 332-3940