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Lower Slabs Rock Climbing

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Routes in Lower Slabs

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	Adrenaline T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	And God Created All Men Equal T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Angry Angles T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Autumn Fire T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Captain Hook T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Dark Star T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a R
	Death by Abunga T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Dirty Rat T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Discrepancy T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Finger Lichen Good T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	For Slab Rats Only T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Good Morning T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Green Snake T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Guillotine T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hayduke Shrugged S,TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	It ain't the meat, its the motion T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Know Fear T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	ME T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Peatoidal Membranes T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Praying Mantle T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	R2D2 T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Scuttle T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Seldom Seen T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Seneca Samurai T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Snakebite T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Some People T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Summer Breeze T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sunny Down Bulow T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	TIPS T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Unrepentant Sin V6 7A
	Unspecified hand crack (?) T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	WAPSUCK 4 T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wapsuck Direct T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Warlock, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Witchy Way T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Description

The hike into this area is a little longer but generally more secluded than the much of the rest of Seneca. Many nice single-pitch climbs are here and several have fairly easy top-rope access. Use caution when scrambling up to set top ropes as there is much loose rock on the ledges.

Getting There

To get to lower slabs the trail is actually off the right of the Seneca Rocks hiking trail. Travel up the trail through two flights of stairs with steel and cable railings, past some wood fencing, and into the upper set of switchbacks. The hikers' trail will switchback left at a bolder. Look right for an obvious trail with a new sign directing you to the area. Follow the climber's trail up and past a short boulder with an nice hand crack in it (unnamed climb, but fun!) until you reach an obvious split, with one trail leading up and the other down. Following the branch leading up will bring you to the base of the obvious crack of Scuttle. Going down will take you to the toe of the buttress where Hayduke Shrugged begins.

If you continue along the base trail going south, eventually this leads all the way across to the West Face Trail, intersecting at the short block scramble (the "Hillary Step") below the South Peak - West Face.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Lower Slabs

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 111 ● Scuttle Trad, TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 5 ● Unspecified hand crack (?) Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 28 ● Seldom Seen Trad, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 75 ● Discrepancy Trad, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 15 ● For Slab Rats Only Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 4 ● Some People Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 30 ● The Warlock Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Summer Breeze Trad
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 16 ● Hayduke Shrugged Sport, TR
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 23 ● Autumn Fire Trad, TR