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Select Area... Backwater Wall Barkeater Cliff, The Beer Walls Chapel Pond Slab Creature Wall, The Hurricane Crag Jewels and Gems King Wall, The Lower Washbowl Cliffs Rooster Comb Mtn Shipton's Arete Spanky's Area Spider's Web, The Tanager Face Tilman's Arete Typhoon Wall Upper Washbowl Cliff White Water Walls |
Views of Upper and Lower Washbowl, Creature Walls ... DescriptionHome to the greatest concentration of climbs in the Adirondacks. The rock here is anorthosite - an unusual rock in that it's relatively rare, and is formed in ways that scientists don't fully understand. We call it "granite" - more to the point, exfoliating granite. Getting ThereTake I-87 North to Exit 30 (way the heck up there); make a right at the end of the exit ramp, and start looking around. You'll come upon Chapel Pond, Emperor Slab, and a few others in short order. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Keene Valley Region:
Regular Route 5.5 PG13 Trad, 8 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II Chapel Pond Slab
Empress 5.5 X Trad, 7 pitches, 865 feet Chapel Pond Slab
North Country Club Crack 5.6 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Jewels and Gems
Labatt-Ami 5.7 Trad, 2 pitches, 100 feet Beer Walls
Tilman's Arete 5.7 Trad, 2 pitches, 150 feet Tilman's Arete
Quadrophenia AKA Bara Bara 5.7+ PG13 Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade II Hurricane Crag
Rockaholic 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Beer Walls
Mr. Clean 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet The Barkeater Cliff
Partition 5.9 Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet Upper Washbowl Cliff
Frosted Mug 5.9 Trad, 90 feet Beer Walls
Slim Pickins 5.9+ Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
Esthesia 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
On The Loose 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
Flying & Drinking and Drinking & Driving 5.10a PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Beer Walls
TR 5.10a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet The Spider's Web
Drop, Fly, or Die 5.11a Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley 5.11b Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
It's Only Entertainment 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
Zabba 5.13a PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
Wheelin N' Dealin 5.13c R Trad, 100 feet The Spider's Web
Featured Route For Keene Valley Region
 Roof cracks don't get much better than this one!This was the first line climbed at the Beer Walls, and named after the first ascentionists' fantasy on that warm spring day in '82. Commence this climb in a blocky right-facing corner that leads to large ledge about 40 feet up. Either belay your second up to the ledge, or continue up the steepening right-facing corner. Either way, you will eventually come to a large crack under the massive roof that casts an ominous shadow on you. Protect this w...[more] Browse More Classics in NY |
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