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DescriptionSeveral great crags lie just below the Upper Town Wall and Cheeks: Little Elvis, Shady Lane, Pressure Drop Wall, The Rabbit, and several others. Most are relatively shady, but offer nice trad leads or easy-to-set-up topropes. Getting ThereThe trail to the Upper Wall starts at the NE end of the Country, just beyond the posted bulletin board, and winds up steep switchbacks to the upper wall. Little Elvis and Shady Lane are on turn-offs from this trail. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Upper Wall Lower Cliffs:
Chronic Relief 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet Shady Lane
Free Range Chook 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Shady Lane
Eso No Se Hace 5.11a Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet Shady Lane
Pressure Drop 5.11a Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Pressure Drop Wall
Featured Route For Upper Wall Lower Cliffs
Pressure Drop 5.11a WA : Index Town Walls : ... : Pressure Drop Wall
A beautiful finger/off fingers crack followed by a less beautiful, but still fun crack system. Start on the ledge below the obvious splitter. Reach up and place a piece to protect yourself and your belayer before starting. The crux comes in the middle part of the finger crack between the small pods and it protects very well.The second half of the route isn't quite as classic as the first half, but is still good climbing and will only improve as it cleans up with more traffic.After gaining the...[more] Browse More Classics in WA |