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Inner Walls Rock Climbing

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Areas in Inner Walls

East Side 19 / 7 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

West Side 25 / 11 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

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Elevation:	1,048 ft	319 m
GPS:	47.81938, -121.57581 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

With their slightly longer approaches and less impressive route density, the Inner Walls are quite often less crowded than the Main Wall and the Great Northern Slab. The routes tend to be nice all year as long as it isn't raining. (And even if it does, many of the routes dry out quite fast.) The Inner Walls are formed by the Canyon in between the Main Wall area and the Lower Lump, and so are best categorized by the West side (also the cave side) and the East side:

West side, left (sw) to right (nw):

(a) The Shaft

(b) Toxic-Tang area

East side, left (ne) to right (se):

(a) Velvet Underground

(b) Grandeur Buttress

(d) Sam Hill

(e) Gilligan's Toe

Getting There

From the Index Town Walls parking area, head across the railroad tracks towards Lower Town Wall. Soon after passing the toilets, follow the trail that breaks off to the left as it winds up the hill. After hiking through some talus, you’ll reach a fork at a muddy spot in the trail. From here, go left and cross the small creek to reach Toxic - Tang, Grandeur Buttress, and Foodbar areas, or continue up the hill and hike through more talus to reach Missing Bottle Buttress.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Inner Walls

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 306 ● Corner Flash Trad, TR E Side > (b) Grandeur Buttress
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 215 ● Journey to the Other Side of the… Trad W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 677 ● Toxic Shock Trad W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 98 ● Happy Puppy Trad E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 51 ● SQUIRREL! Trad W Side > (a) The Shaft
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 198 ● Golden Bucket Trad W Side > (c) Foodbar Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 91 ● The View from the Bridge Trad, TR W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 44 ● Undertow Trad E Side > (b) Grandeur Buttress
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 19 ● Cascade Torrent Trad E Side > (e) Gilligan's Toe
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 307 ● Even Steven Trad W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 79 ● Agent Orange Trad, TR E Side > (b) Grandeur Buttress
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 19 ● Sucker Punch Sport W Side > (c) Foodbar Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 5 ● The Breakup Sport W Side > (c) Foodbar Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 38 ● Slapshot Sport W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 17 ● Roadside Floral Curtain Sport W Side > (b) Toxic - Tang Area