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Tail of the Cat Area 


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French Feline

Description 

This secluded west facing wall receives morning shade, PM sun.


Getting There 

30-45 minute approach. It is located high in the gully right and slightly below the Wall of Solitude or left and below Hickory Nut Cracker. To get there, hike 100 yards past the terraces boulder filed, then hike 300 yards up the gully with a drainage on your left.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tail of the Cat Area:
Fresh Step   5.6 PG13     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Curiosity Corner   5.6     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Octopussy   5.8 PG13     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 190 feet   
The Cat's Meow   5.9     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
French Feline   5.10     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Nine Lives   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 130 feet   
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Featured Route For Tail of the Cat Area
Ken Pitts on Catwalk; Fresh Step is the grey wall to his right

Fresh Step 5.6 PG13  NC : Rumbling Bald : Tail of the Cat Area
Nice friction climbing that feels more like Stone Mountain than Rumbly. Make crimpy moves off the ground leading to a white pod with a tcu placement. From here, move left for run out but fun climbing or opt for the scaredy cat way (as I did), and move right around a moss pad on easy terrain for a bolt. Continue past great friction, a # 2 cam, another bolt, then right to the heady traverse into the Curiosity Corner. Plug a #3 cam in the corner and head for the tree slings. Note: at th...[more]   Browse More Classics in NC


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Tim Snyder on Tail of the Cat, the original line in the area put up a while ago. Photo: Ken Pitts

Tim Snyder on Tail of the Cat, the original line i...