LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. — From Donner Summit to Lover’s Leap, many of the Truckee-Tahoe region’s most iconic climbing areas are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, making a newly proposed national recreational climbing policy particularly relevant for local climbers.
The draft directive, released last week, would formally recognize recreational climbing as an appropriate use of National Forest System lands while providing national guidance for the placement, replacement and maintenance of fixed anchors and other climbing equipment.
Local climbing organizations, including the Tahoe Climbing Coalition and the Truckee Tahoe Climbing Coalition, are largely supportive of the proposal, though they say several sections would benefit from additional clarification before it is finalized…