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climb. S TARVED R OCK • Stay on marked trails. S TATE P ARK • Minimize impact on vegetation, climb around it. • Look for durable surfaces to stage on. • Pack out your trash or trash you find. • Avoid moving loose rock. • Avoid tying your rope directly to sandstone or trees. • Do not use fixed bolts or anchors in any sandstone or park structures—ice only. • Do not use chip holds in sandstone -ice only. • Please do not disturb wildlife. • Do not block the trail or from other visitors to the park. • Do not create dangerous situations//ice chunks falling on other visitors/users of the trail and area. • Do not use on sandstone or wood deck surfaces. Ice only. • Instruction of“ how to ice climb” for other visitors is not allowed at the park. 2678 N. Il Route 178, Utica, IL 61373 www2.illinois.gov/dnr • Experienced ice climbers, climbing Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks for recreational only. 815-667-4726 [email protected] C LIMABLE C ANYONS S AFETY F IRST I NFORMATION Welcome to Starved Rock State Park. Climbing and related activities are Please visit the following Facebook page for We hope you enjoy your time inherently dangerous. information on icefall status and climbing in Illinois! during the season: DO NOT CALL THE PARK • Ice climbers climb at their own risk. OFFICE for conditions. *Climbers need to sign in & out at the • Ice climbing is only allowed between 7 a.m. • Midwest Ice Conditions front of the Park Maintenance Building and dusk at the park, all climbers must be across from the Visitor Center* off of the trail before dark. • It is not up to the DNR park staff or state to test the suitability for ice climbing. It is up Climbing is only allowed • It is up to the climbers themselves to check to each individual ice climber. in 4 at the park. the ice for climbing suitability. • Look for Utica/Oglesby Illinois on your • Those climbing outside of these 4 canyons • Climbers must bring their own equipment weather app/phone for up to date weather will be ticketed/fined. Please respect the and have experience ice climbing. information at the park. rules and regulations set forth by park staff, • Please note only experienced climbers are • are weather dependent but usually and pass along to all fellow climbers so this allowed to climb at the park and only with a form in the months of January into late recreational sport may continue at the partner or group, never alone. February. state park. The natural resources of the park canyons and trail information can be found: Wildcat Canyon – Chandelier, height of 90+ ft such as the fragile sandstone (pictured on front of brochure) must be protected. • IDNR online at www2.illinois.gov/dnr/ Parks/Pages/StarvedRock.aspx or • Climbers cannot impact the sandstone with riggings, ice cleats, crampons, ice picks, • Starved Rock Visitor Center rope, or other harmful climbing • Sign in location at Park Maintenance equipment. All equipment must touch the ice/ice falls only. • Every trail head and parking lot in the park

• No or scaling the rock walls or Tonti Canyon formations! Chandelier height of LaSalle Canyon 60+ ft. Dual icefalls. Bridal veil In the event of an emergency call 911. The height of 20+ft nearest hospitals are located in Peru (Illinois Ottawa Canyon Valley Community Hospital) and Chandelier Ottawa (St. Francis OSF Hospital). height of 35+ft.