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S-Curve - Lower Rock Climbing
Routes in S-Curve - Lower
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Alpenbock Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Black Monday S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Bourbon Street S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Choir Boy S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Chorus Line S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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City Slave S,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Clastic Cling S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Cross Town S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Gas Chamber S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Hard Times Variation T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Ionic Bonding S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Madison Avenue S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Mass Wasting S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Melting Point S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Not Much T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Old Route T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Red Light District S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Skid Row Variation S,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Times Square S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Tres Facile T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Unknown S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
| GPS: | 40.634, -111.722 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 28,056 total · 153/month |
| Shared By: | Eric Jacobsen on Mar 27, 2003 |
| Admins: | Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard, grk10vq |
Description
This is the main wall that everyone means when they say S-Curve Area. There are 30+ climbs from 5.6 to 5.13d (the hardest route in BCC according to Ruckman). If you're looking for hard sport climbs, this is the place to go. This area is very overhanging and the rock is hard quartzite with lots of angles. The wall is south/west facing so has some good morning shade. The right (east) end of the wall has some shade trees as well. Almost all routes can be descended with a single rope, though most of the two-pitch routes require two rappels. Ruckman gives 3 stars to Dog Eat Dog (.13d) and Black Monday (.11d). Check it out!
Getting There
From the digital sign at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, drive 4.25 miles up canyon until the very obvious S-Curve in the road. There is a small parking lot and also room to park along the side of the road. Follow the Mill B North Fork trail on the north side of the road to the third swithback where a climber's trail branches off to the east to the base of the wall. Approach is about 5 minutes. Enjoy the stacked-rock figures scattered throughout the area (enhanced cairns??).
Classic Climbing Routes at S-Curve - Lower
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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