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Lumpy Wall Climbing

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Routes in Lumpy Wall

	Little Boy Bleu V1 5
	Major's Pinnacle T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Razor Burn T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Steal Your Thunder T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	There and Back Again T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b

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Elevation:	1,152 ft	351 m
GPS:	37.88899, -83.63638 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: New route development is prohibited in the Daniel Boone National Forest. Details

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Follow existing trails and climb using removable protection or in climbing areas with existing approved fixed anchors or bolts. Development of any new rock climbing, bouldering or rappelling areas and development of any climbing routes involving the permanent installation of new fixed anchors or new trail construction requires prior Forest Service authorization.

Description

Lumpy Wall is a remote and obscure area on the Little East Fork of Indian Creek.

Getting There

Drive to the end of FS Road 9b. Park, cross the creek and hike up the gated FS road (to the right) on the opposite (east) side of the creek. Follow this road until it climbs out of the floodplain of the creek and passes beneath a huge boulder. Immediately past the boulder take a road up left. Follow this until it surpasses a limestone band and then bear left through a sort of bowl with large boulders to the ridgecrest. You should see the large pinnacle, Major's Pinnacle almost immediately. The main wall can be found by hiking along the ridge to the right unti lyou come to the main cliff. Older published routes are to the left, Steal Your Thunder and Razor Burn are located a few hundred yards to the right, across the minor drainage from Major's.