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Morning Glory Wall

Submitted By: Peter Franzen on Jan 22, 2006
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Description 

The Morning Glory Wall is home to some of the best and most popular routes at Smith. Sunny, warm, and accessable routes range from the ever-popular 5 Gallon Buckets (5.8) to the crimpfests like Churning In the Wake and Taco Chips. This area is often the place to be seen at Smith, and the popular routes will almost always have a group under them. Expect to wait in line for the most popular selections on busy weekend days.

Virtually all of the routes here are well-protected by bomber bolts and are on clean, solid rock.


Getting There 

The Morning Glory Wall stretches from the Cocaine Gully on the right to the Peanut on the left. From the bridge, follow the trails along the hillside past the gullies.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Morning Glory Wall:
5 Gallon Buckets   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Lion's Jaw   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Light on the Path   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
The Outsiders   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Gumby   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Zebra/ Zion   5.10b     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade III   
Tammy Baker's Face   5.10c     Sport, 2 pitches   
Morning Sky   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Lion Zion   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 185 feet   
Nine Gallon Buckets   5.10c     Sport, 2 pitches, 90 feet   
Zebra Direct   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Cat Scan   5.11a     Sport, 2 pitches, 170 feet   
Overboard   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch   
Zebra Seam   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Magic Light   5.12b     Sport, 2 pitches   
Kings of Rap   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
Churning in the Wake   5.13a     Sport, 1 pitch   
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Tim Pitz on Zebra Direct

Zebra/ Zion 5.10b  OR : Smith Rock : Morning Glory Wall
This is THE multipitch line at Smith!!!Pitch 1: The first pitch has many variations from 5.7 to 5.11. These lines share the first pitch anchor: Zebra Direct(5.11a), Zebra Seam (5.11d), and Gumby (5.10b) Take any of these lines to the first anchor.Pitch 2: (10.b) Move straight up into the right-facing dihedral. This pitch is traditionally thought of as the crux of the climb for both its technical moves off the belay and endurance re...[more]   Browse More Classics in OR


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By doggy
Jul 22, 2009

Okay, okay, okay...I thought it would be fun for people to have something to push for (goals are always good and having fun is even better). So why not keep track of our times up Zebra Zion, from base of climb and back to the base, with two or more partners...I guess if you want you could go solo, but always better to be safe! If you go as fast as you wanted you get to but yourself a beer and a doggy bone for me!