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Main Bluffline Rock Climbing

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Routes in Main Bluffline

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	A Blocky Ambition S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Action is Go S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Addicted to Love S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Albatross S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Alligator Crossing S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	American, The S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Apes Shall Not Kill Apes S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Big Mac T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Birthday Route S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Biscuits & Jam T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Bootlegger S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bottom Feeder S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Brown Sugar T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Brush Hog S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Burma Shave S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Chads Pile-o-rubble T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Check It S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Clay's Way T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	DJ Fatty Acid S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Exit Point S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Fisherman, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Flary Disappointed T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	FLOJO S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Foot Caput S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Friday the 13th S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	GOJO S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Happy Aniversary S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Heartbreaker aka Two Finger Man S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Heartbreaker Variation Right (project) S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Hoka Hey S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Hooks for Feet S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Johnson Variation, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ledge Dweller S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Master-Beta S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Meat Peddler S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Memory Loss S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Michigan Schnauzer S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	MOJO S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Needs a Nut S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Old School Lesson T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Rage S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Return of Angst, The S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Shepherd Aid Line C1
	Shepherd's Arete S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Sketch S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Skirt of Pro T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Steele Crossing (project) S Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Stump Route S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Tangled Roots can Clog yer Pipes S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Tile and Carpet T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Trummertrango S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Unknown Route #5 S Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Unknown Route #6 (closed project) S Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c
	Violated T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Will by God S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Wrestling with an Alligator S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Description

This is the main bluffline. It is covered by big trees so it is always shady and this place sees little traffic despite the quality of climbs here.

Getting There

See main page for directions to parking. The approach trail is on the north side of the road marked with a cairn. Follow this trail for maybe 5 minutes as it winds uphill to the bluff. The approach trail will spit you out right at the base of Shepherd's Arete.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Main Bluffline

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

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 10 ● Rage Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 4 ● The Fisherman Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 11 ● Hooks for Feet Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 10 ● A Blocky Ambition Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Needs a Nut Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 7 ● Shepherd's Arete Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 8 ● The American Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 4 ● The Return of Angst Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Biscuits & Jam Trad
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 5 ● Bottom Feeder Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 8 ● Friday the 13th Sport