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Eastern Sky Bridge Ridge Climbing
Routes in Eastern Sky Bridge Ridge
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Big Bang, The T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b X |
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Buddha Head V2 5+ |
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Commencement S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Corpus Delicti S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Dave the Dude S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Deerhunter, The V0 4 |
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Detox V3 6A |
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Doppler Effect T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Double Helix V4 6B |
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Drop the Anchor S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c |
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Fear of Relegation, The T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Fonz, The V6 7A |
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Good Times T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Gratuitous Crotch Grab V0 4 |
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Grunge Face S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Inhibitor T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Jack in the Pulpit S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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King Me S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Learning Curve, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Martin Rides Again S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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No Inhibitions V3 6A |
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No Return T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Nolo Contendere S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Out on a Limb S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Outback T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c |
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Pearl, The V5 6C |
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Physical Graffiti S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Rifleman, The S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Shelter From The Storm T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 |
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Sick Puppies S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Side Eye V2 5+ |
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Silently Does the Sun Shine T 5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a PG13 |
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Soul Ram S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Super Dario S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Underling, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Wet and Tasty V1 5 |
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What's Right with the Underling? S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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| Elevation: | 907 ft | 276 m |
| GPS: |
37.81596, -83.58104 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.
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
Eastern Sky Bridge Ridge has an interesting mix of older classic trad routes and early sport climbing testpieces. While there aren't many easy routes in the area, some of the moderate ones have attracted intermediate climbers over the years.
Inhibitor is a trad classic and a 5.11 masterpiece involving some wide, some really wide, and steep hand jams. The classic 5.11 sport route King Me was featured on the cover of the seminal "How to Climb 5.12" manual from a few years ago.
Hard core traddies or sportos that visit the area will miss out on some classics if they don't dabble in their weaker discipline. The Underling (5.9, trad) is a must do, as is Jack in the Pulpit (10d, sport). And just to make things interesting one of the best and most well-known problems in the Red is located on the boulder that fell out of the Inhibitor dihedral. You can get by without a crashpad, but make sure you have a spotter for the mantel crux of The Pearl V5.
Easter Sky Bridge Ridge also boast the current hardest trad line in the Red and perhaps in Kentucky: Silently Does the Sun Shine, a 5.14- put up by Andrew Gearing.
Inhibitor is a trad classic and a 5.11 masterpiece involving some wide, some really wide, and steep hand jams. The classic 5.11 sport route King Me was featured on the cover of the seminal "How to Climb 5.12" manual from a few years ago.
Hard core traddies or sportos that visit the area will miss out on some classics if they don't dabble in their weaker discipline. The Underling (5.9, trad) is a must do, as is Jack in the Pulpit (10d, sport). And just to make things interesting one of the best and most well-known problems in the Red is located on the boulder that fell out of the Inhibitor dihedral. You can get by without a crashpad, but make sure you have a spotter for the mantel crux of The Pearl V5.
Easter Sky Bridge Ridge also boast the current hardest trad line in the Red and perhaps in Kentucky: Silently Does the Sun Shine, a 5.14- put up by Andrew Gearing.
Getting There
From the concrete bridge on KY 715 (parking area for Eagle's Nest and Wall of Denial) drive a little further back toward Pine Ridge and look for a wide pulloff on the left before the Swift Camp trailhead parking on the right. Walk back down the road toward the bridge and look for a trail on the left (as you walk, uphill) side of the road.
Classic Climbing Routes at Eastern Sky Bridge Ridge
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