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Whitney Portal Rock Climbing

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Areas in Whitney Portal

Beach, Right Side, The 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Beach, The 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Candlelight Buttress 4 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Candlelight Wall 18 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 18

El Gaucho 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

El Segundo Buttress 7 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Hairpin Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Moonstone Buttress 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Parisian Buttress 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Poolhall Wall 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Portal Edge Wall 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Premier Buttress 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Roadwork Wall 9 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Sealibrity Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Solstice Celebration Wall 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Whale, The 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Whitney Portal Buttress 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 8

Whitney Portal Family Campground 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Wrinkled Lady, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Description

The Whitney Portal is home to many cragging routes as well as some longer, older Beckey routes. The sought-after climb is Bony Fingers, but there is supposedly quite a bit of development going on there in recent years. Unfortunately, comprehensive information is unavailable... I think.

Getting There

Take Whitney Portal Road west from the town of Lone Pine, past Alabama Hills, and up into the mountains until it dead ends at the trailhead for Mt. Whitney. Pretty simple.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Whitney Portal

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b A0 5 ● Ummagumma Trad, Aid Wrinkled Lady
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 96 ● Beckey Route Trad 5 pitches El Segundo Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 7 ● Inknobvious Line Trad El Gaucho
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 35 ● Tanager (aka "5.11 Crack") Trad Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 31 ● Premier Route 5.10c or 5.8 A0 Trad 3 pitches Premier Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 57 ● Ghostrider Trad, Sport 8 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 15 ● Nimbus Trad 3 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 12 ● Sheltering Sky Trad, Sport 4 pitches Candlelight Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 31 ● No Country For Old Men Trad 8 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R 63 ● Bony Fingers Trad 2 pitches Whale
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 13 ● Gangway Trad 4 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 6 ● Schrodinger's Cat Trad 3 pitches Beach, Right Side
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 5 ● Tree Line Trad Beach
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 5 ● Riptide Trad Beach, Right Side
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 7 ● Green Gecko Trad Candlelight Wall > Amphitheater