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Currahee Mountain Climbing

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Areas in Currahee Mountain

Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Brick Wall 6 / 11 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Buzzard Wall, The 8 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Slab Area 14 / 14 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Small Wall, The 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Elevation:	1,724 ft
GPS:	34.529, -83.376 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Currahee Mountain isn't an easy place to love. It's out of the way; the dirt road leading up the mountain is often in bad repair; graffiti makes parts of it look more like an abandoned urban neighborhood than a climbing area. But if you can get past all that, there is some really nice friction climbing at Currahee that makes it worth a visit. Some of the best lines include Mikey's Mantle, Frictionary and Pigs on the Wing.

The rock at Currahee is good quality granite, mostly slab. Most routes are bolted to a greater or lesser degree, but some trad gear is good to have on many lines.

Camping is permitted along the road that ascends the mountain. The town of Toccoa is nearest source for food and other non-climbing essentials.

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Getting There

From Atlanta, head north on I-85 to I-985 and take 985 until it ends, continuing on as US 365/441. Bear off at the Toccoa-Lavonia exit and watch for a traffic-light controlled intersection with 123. continue on 365 for approximately 6 miles, and turn right onto 184 at the traffic light, below Currahee. in 1/4 mile, turn left to stay on 184, following the road for almost 1 mile. The climber's parking lot is a small loop on the right. This is recognized as the "climbers parking lot" and utilizing this lot instead of continuing up the road can help reduce the impact of climbing on the area.

There is a yellow gate the climbers will have to pass to access the gravel trail that exit just between the brick wall and the slab wall. Up and left leads to the Brick Wall, and slightly up and right leads to the Slab Wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Currahee Mountain

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 62 ● All I Wanted was a Pepsi Trad, TR Slab Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 49 ● Deprived Child Trad, Sport, TR Slab Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 30 ● Dust Bowl Daze Trad Slab Area
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 47 ● Buzzard Breath Trad, Sport Buzzard Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 23 ● Trad and True Trad Slab Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 27 ● Frictionary Trad, Sport Slab Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 50 ● No Name Crack Trad, TR Brick Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 38 ● Stranger than Friction Trad, Sport Slab Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 57 ● Mikey's Mantle Sport Slab Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 36 ● Power Flyer Sport, TR Brick Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 26 ● Pigs On the Wing Sport, TR Brick Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c 19 ● Smooth as Silk Trad Buzzard Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 15 ● Plague Sport Brick Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 10 ● Dreams Trad Brick Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 17 ● Jeep Streak Sport Brick Wall