Devil’s Playground and Devil’s Spires

The Devil’s Playground and Devil’s Spires Guidebook is an authoritative climbing resource for Utah’s West Desert, featuring over 625 routes. Authored by Eric Bluemn and Mike Engle, this first edition delivers precise route details, color photo overlays, comprehensive driving and trail maps, essential camping information, dynamic climbing photography, and engaging climbing narratives. The guide covers a wide difficulty spectrum from 5.easy to 5.13, focusing on predominantly safe, well-bolted sport climbs on rock similar to that found in the City of Rocks.

Ideal for sport climbers of all levels, this guidebook unlocks decades of climbing history and recent route development in one of northwest Utah’s best-kept secrets. Available at climbing shops and gyms across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West, it’s the essential resource for your next desert climbing adventure.

Key Features

• Detailed descriptions for 625+ routes in Devil’s Playground and Devil’s Spires  
  
• Color photo overlays and comprehensive maps for easy navigation  
  
• Covers grades from 5.easy to 5.13 with mostly sport climbs  
  
• Includes camping information and climbing stories  
  
• Rock quality similar to City of Rocks  
  
• Published by High Desert Stoneworks, climbers helping climbers