How do you keep climbers off cliffs where they don’t belong? Coffee.

The proximity of a world-class climbing destination and sensitive cultural sites has been a recipe for tension between climbers, conservationists and the tribes whose ancestors made the area their home.

(Alastair Lee Bitsóí | The Salt Lake Tribune) Climbers reach Battle of the Bulge in Indian Creek near Monticello on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Climbers can sometimes get close to ancestral Puebloan dwellings in the cliffside, leading to tension between the tribes and outdoor recreationists.

How do you keep climbers off cliffs where they don’t belong? Coffee.

The proximity of a world-class climbing destination and sensitive cultural sites has been a recipe for tension between climbers, conservationists and the tribes whose ancestors made the area their home.

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