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Description 

Currahee Mountain isn't an easy place to love. It's out of the way; the dirt road leading up the mountain is often in bad repair; graffiti makes parts of it look more like an abandoned urban neighborhood than a climbing area. But if you can get past all that, there is some really nice friction climbing at Currahee that makes it worth a visit. Some of the best lines include Mikey's Mantle, Frictionary and Pigs on the Wing.

The rock at Currahee is good quality granite, mostly slab. Most routes are bolted to a greater or lesser degree, but some trad gear is good to have on many lines.

Camping is permitted along the road that ascends the mountain. The town of Toccoa is nearest source for food and other non-climbing essentials.


Getting There 

From Atlanta, head north on I-85 to I-985 and take 985 until it ends, continuing on as US 365/441. Bear off at the Toccoa-Lavonia exit and watch for a traffic-light controlled intersection with 123. Take a right on 123 and go about three miles to a gravel turnoff on the left; this is Forest Service Road. Follow the road to the top of the mountain and a parking lot. From the parking lot, follow a trail around a tower and scramble down to the cliff base.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Currahee Mountain:
All I Wanted was a Pepsi   5.6 PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 130 feet   Slab Area
Dust Bowl Daze   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Slab Area
Trad and True   5.8+ PG13     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Slab Area
Frictionary   5.9     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Slab Area
Buzzard Breath   5.9     Trad, Sport   The Buzzard Wall
Stranger than Friction   5.9+     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Slab Area
Mikey's Mantle   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Slab Area
Pigs On the Wing   5.10b     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 35 feet   Brick Wall
Kemoslabee   5.10     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Slab Area
A Wing and a Prayer   5.10     Sport, TR, 50 feet   Slab Area
Power Flyer   5.10b/c     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Brick Wall
Epidemic   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 45 feet   Brick Wall
Where Buzzards Dare   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet   The Buzzard Wall
Comfortably Numb   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Brick Wall
Smooth as Silk   5.11-     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   The Buzzard Wall
Plague   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 45 feet   Brick Wall
Epidermis   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Brick Wall
Dreams   5.11c     Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Brick Wall
Jeep Streak   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Brick Wall
Ebola   5.12b/c     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   Brick Wall
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jeep streak

Jeep Streak 5.12a  GA : Currahee Mountain : Brick Wall
follow orange streak to the top. going left or right out of the orange makes it easier than 12a. sustained but crux is just before the bulge....[more]   Browse More Classics in GA


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Slab area mikeys mantle and all I want is a pepsi

Slab area mikeys mantle and all I want is a pepsi

Right slab area

Right slab area


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By Brian Hudson
From: Greenville, SC
Apr 15, 2013
CONDITION REPORT 

On Sunday 4/14, we went down the main descent gully to the Slab Area and found the fixed ropes had been removed.

By JOhn CAmeron
From: DENVER!!!
Sep 22, 2007

Currahee is a simple place- i like it a lot. however, i am easily pleased. you get to look around at the surrounding countryside: the rolling hills and farms and the brick wall faces direct west so the sunsets are great. with easily placed topropes, its a great place to introduce people to the sport.

By Franklin
Nov 20, 2012

Does anyone know if you can camp at the top of the mountain? I was checking out the area recently and saw a couple fire pits on the backside. I figure someone was camping there but didn't know if it was "allowed". I want to go climb there and wanted to camp but didn't know if I was going to run into any issues other than the gate closing at some point.

Thanks for your help.

By Mark O'Neal
From: Nicholson, GA
Mar 5, 2013

To access the trail to the top of Curahee. Park on Hwy 184 0.9 miles south of Dicks Hill Pkwy. There is a polling place on the west side of the road with dual locked gates. Just park along Hwy 184 preferably not blocking the gates. There is an obvious trail built by the boy scouts that takes you to the top. Turn right at a boulder with a little mini cave to access the Slab Area and Buzzard Wall. Keep going straight another minute and then turn left to access the Brick Wall