Roadless Rule change could harm Wyoming climbing crags, advocates say

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Climbing advocates are urging the public to oppose the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule, which could open up prized Wyoming climbing zones such as the Wind River Range and Tensleep Canyon to activities like roadbuilding and timber harvesting.

The rescission of the federal rule, said Access Fund Policy Analyst Katie Goodwin, would leave tens of millions of national forest acres across the U.S. susceptible to the kind of activity “that could impact the very qualities that draw people to these places.”

Qualities like wildness, serenity and solitude, she said.

In Wyoming, the proposed repeal would impact the management of 3.26 million acres. T