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North Side

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Description 

People use words like "Yosemite" to describe the North Side, and this is definitely the home of Looking Glass' most serious and difficult climbing. For all but the most advanced climbers, aid is the style of climbing here. Signature North Side routes include Glass Menagerie and the Womb.


Getting There 

From the road fork, continue up the gravel road for about two miles, passing the Slickrock Falls trailhead and the Sun Wall kiosk/parking lot. After about another quarter-mile, look for a pullout on the right. Hike down from the parking lot to a clearing, then follow an old logging grade to the left a short distance to a footpath that cuts off to the right. Hike through the woods for about 20 minutes to finish at the base of Glass Menagerie.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for North Side:
The Sperm   5.9+     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade II   
The Seal   5.10a PG13     Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet   
Invisible Airways   5.10c A2     Trad, Aid, 3 pitches, 240 feet, Grade III   
Cornflake Crack   5.11a     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II   
The Womb   5.11a     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II   
The Glass Menagerie   5.13a PG13     Trad, 7 pitches, 900 feet, Grade IV   
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Featured Route For North Side
unknown climbers in the pod

The Womb 5.11a  NC : Looking Glass Rock : North Side
The best things in life require a little work, like getting born. If you've found yourself drooling over the flawless 5.10 dihedral pictured on the cover of Shull's Southeastern Rock, it's time to put in a little grunt work and escape the Womb. A mandatory stop on the southeastern climber's granite training circuit.P1: A 5.9 hand crack angles up and right to the route's namesake pod in a left-facing corner after 165'. Belay from bolts. Or bre...[more]   Browse More Classics in NC