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Classic Climbs for North Carolina



Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for North Carolina.
 
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The Top 50 Classics for North Carolina


Name Rating Type Location

The Prow

5.4

Trad, 4 pitches, 500 feet, Grade II

Linville Gorge : Amphitheater

No Alternative

5.5 PG13

Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet

Stone Mountain : Stone Mountain South Face

The Mummy

5.5 PG13

Trad, 3 pitches, 350 feet, Grade II

Linville Gorge : Amphitheater

The Great Arch

5.5

Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet

Stone Mountain : Stone Mountain South Face

North Ridge

5.5

Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet

Linville Gorge : Table Rock

Wailing Wall

5.6

Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet

Moore's Wall

My Route

5.6

Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II

Linville Gorge : Table Rock

The Daddy

5.6

Trad, 5 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III

Linville Gorge : Amphitheater

Almost Seven (aka Golden Earring)

5.7

Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet

Moore's Wall

Second Coming

5.7

Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet

Looking Glass Rock : South Side

Fruit Loops

5.7+

Trad, 2 pitches, 160 feet

Rumbling Bald : Cereal Buttress

Maginot Line

5.7+

Trad, 4 pitches, 300 feet

Linville Gorge : Shortoff Mountain

Zoo View

5.7+

Trad, 2 pitches, 220 feet

Moore's Wall

Sundial Crack

5.8-

Trad, 4 pitches, 430 feet, Grade III

Looking Glass Rock : Nose Area

The Nose

5.8

Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III

Looking Glass Rock : Nose Area

Groover (Gaskin Finish)

5.8

Trad, 6 pitches, 900 feet, Grade III

Laurel Knob

White Lightning

5.8

Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet

Linville Gorge : Table Rock

Bumblebee Butress

5.8

Trad, 4 pitches, 450 feet

Linville Gorge : North Carolina Wall

Boardwalk

5.8

Trad, 2 pitches, 130 feet

Ship Rock : Main Tier

Comatose

5.8

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Rumbling Bald : Comatose Area

The Pulpit

5.8

Trad, 5 pitches, 800 feet, Grade II

Stone Mountain : Stone Mountain South Face

Seconds

5.8+

Trad, 7 pitches, 1100 feet, Grade III

Laurel Knob

Gemini Crack

5.8+

Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet

Looking Glass Rock : South Side

Air Show

5.8+

Trad, 2 pitches, 180 feet

Moore's Wall

Rat's Ass

5.8+

Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet

Looking Glass Rock : South Side

Construction Job

5.9

Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet, Grade II

Linville Gorge : Shortoff Mountain

Mercury's Lead

5.9 R

Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 300 feet

Stone Mountain : Stone Mountain South Face

Titties & Beer (aka "World's Hardest 5.8")

5.9

Trad, 5 pitches, 500 feet, Grade IV

Looking Glass Rock : Sun Wall

Dopey Duck

5.9

Trad, 3 pitches, 350 feet

Linville Gorge : Shortoff Mountain

Peregrine

5.9

Trad, 4 pitches, 450 feet

Looking Glass Rock : Nose Area

Frosted Flake

5.9+

Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Rumbling Bald : Cereal Buttress

Fathom

5.10a

Trad, 8 pitches, 1000 feet

Laurel Knob

Built to Tilt

5.10a

Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet

Linville Gorge : Shortoff Mountain

The Seal

5.10a PG13

Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet

Looking Glass Rock : North Side

Straight and Narrow

5.10a

Trad, 3 pitches, 340 feet

Linville Gorge : Shortoff Mountain

Hyperbola

5.10a R

Trad, 4 pitches, 550 feet

Looking Glass Rock : Nose Area

Jeep's Chimney

5.10-

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Linville Gorge : Hawksbill Mtn

Lakeview

5.10a/b

Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 165 feet

Rumbling Bald : Lakeview Area

Dinkus Dog

5.10b

Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet

Looking Glass Rock : South Side

Invisible Airways

5.10c A2

Trad, Aid, 3 pitches, 240 feet, Grade III

Looking Glass Rock : North Side

The Womb

5.11a

Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II

Looking Glass Rock : North Side

Shredded Wheat

5.11a

Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet

Rumbling Bald : Cereal Buttress

Original Route (aka Gom Jabber)

5.11a R

Trad, 10 pitches, 800 feet, Grade III

Whiteside Mountain : Southeast Face

Quaker State

5.11a

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Moore's Wall

Cornflake Crack

5.11a

Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II

Looking Glass Rock : North Side

The Open Book

5.11b

Trad, 2 pitches, 175 feet

Linville Gorge : Amphitheater

Vascular Disaster

5.11c PG13

Trad, 1 pitch, 75 feet

Moore's Wall

Mighty Mouse

5.11+

Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Moore's Wall

Wild Kingdom

5.11d PG13

Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet

Moore's Wall

The Glass Menagerie

5.13a PG13

Trad, 7 pitches, 900 feet, Grade IV

Looking Glass Rock : North Side