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Whitney Portal Rock Climbing

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Areas in Whitney Portal

*Whitney Portal Ice & Mixed* 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 1 / 4 / 4

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 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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 8 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

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

Elevation:	8,000 ft
GPS:	36.587, -118.241 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Josh Janes on Oct 23, 2006 with improvements by Dale casler
Admins:	Aron Quiter, Euan Cameron, AWinters, M Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

Access Issue: Portal Road Closure Details

Due to rockfall, duration unknown

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 67 ● Beckey Route Trad 5 pitches El Segundo Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 22 ● Tanager (aka "5.11 Crack") Trad Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 18 ● Premier Route 5.10c or 5.8 A0 Trad 3 pitches Premier Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 43 ● Ghostrider Trad, Sport 8 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 13 ● Nimbus Trad 3 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 9 ● Sheltering Sky Trad, Sport 4 pitches Candlelight Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 22 ● No Country For Old Men Trad 8 pitches Whitney Portal Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 8 ● Mountaineers Route Trad Beach
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R 47 ● Bony Fingers Trad 2 pitches Whale
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 3 ● Crystal Voyage Trad 2 pitches Beach, Right Side
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 10 ● 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
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 5 ● Riptide Trad Beach, Right Side
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 5 ● Green Gecko Trad Candlelight Wall