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(s) Monkey Face Rock Climbing
Routes in (s) Monkey Face
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Astro Monkey T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Backbone, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c |
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East Face T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b C2 |
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Just Do It S 5.14c 8c+ 34 XI- 35 E9 7b |
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Monkey Off My Back S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Monkey Space S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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North Face, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Northwest Passage (Aid) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b C2 |
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Northwest Passage (Free) T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13 |
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Path of Totality T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R |
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Pioneer Route T,S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b C0 |
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Rising Expectations T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Spank The Monkey(Full) S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a R |
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Spank the Monkey S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13 |
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West Face (Aid) T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c C1 |
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West Face Variation T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C0 |
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West Face Variation Direct T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
| Elevation: | 2,877 ft |
| GPS: | 44.371, -121.144 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 133,791 total · 899/month |
| Shared By: | Karsten Duncan on Jan 27, 2006 |
| Admins: | Nate Ball, Micah Klesick |
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Description
This prominent tower is one the best known features at Smith rock. It's asthetic beauty is enhanced by the historical ascents and world famous routes on its clean faces. Monkey face still holds some of the hardest climbs in the world as well as a plethora of classic trad and sport lines. It's most famous route, Just Do It 5.14c is still a testpiece route for aspiring hardmen/women.
Other popular pastimes include making the tyrolean traverse from the main buttress to the monkey's mouth. This airy span is also often used for a spectacular high line walk.
Other popular pastimes include making the tyrolean traverse from the main buttress to the monkey's mouth. This airy span is also often used for a spectacular high line walk.
Getting There
To approach you can take the hiking trail in either direction once you cross the bridge. Heading north provides a steeper but shorter approach. The seldom taken southward, scenic approach is much further but has less elevation gain and takes you all the way around the formation. Many approach by hiking past the main dihedrals, doing the scramble over asterik pass, and continuing on climbing trails heading north. Routes are listed clockwise from right side of the west face.
Classic Climbing Routes at (s) Monkey Face
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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Glenwood Springs, CO
Portland, OR
Morrison, CO
I bet the w face of the monkey is more like 400'. The north face route, which starts a full pitch above the ground, is a rope stretching 60m just to the west face cave. probably another 50 feet or more to the summit from there? May 22, 2007
Portland, OR
the depths of oregon
Phoenix, AZ
The jumpers I that I was with said it was ~370ft from the exit to the ground. There's a great ledge on the west side of the summit to get a good running jump off of. May 6, 2009
How do Asterisk Pass and Aggro Gully approaches compare in terms of time and effort? Jul 10, 2016
Redmond, OR
Bend, OR
Portland, OR