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The Grooves Rock Climbing

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Routes in (d) The Grooves

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	Besieged S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Besieged Briefly S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Captain Winkler S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Eat Cake S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Et Tu Brutus T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Exercise in Absurdity S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	For Foot Soldiers T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Minor Skirmish S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Real Special Forces, The S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Timorous S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Description

Part of the Fortress area. Gets sun first thing in the morning but shade in the early afternoon. Some of the routes listed in the older version of the guidebook as Sport+ have been retro bolted recently, and are described as such in the new guidebook.

Getting There

Just past The Ramparts on the main trail from the lower parking lot.

Missing Routes

The following routes in this area are missing from Mountain Project. Please take the time to add these if you've climbed them!

Woman Warrior, trad, 8
Rained Out of Action, mixed, 10b

10 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Grooves

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

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 3 ● Et Tu Brutus Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 46 ● Minor Skirmish Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 19 ● Besieged Briefly Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 10 ● Captain Winkler Sport
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 34 ● Timorous Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 8 ● Exercise in Absurdity Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 67 ● The Real Special Forces Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 12 ● Besieged Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 4 ● Eat Cake Sport