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Katrina Wall Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Katrina Wall

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	Big Easy, The TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Blue Bayou S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Bourbon Street S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	French Quartered S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mardi Gras S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	When the Levee Breaks S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Elevation:	7,500 ft	2,286 m
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Access Issue: Line Fire Closure in effect until 11/30/2024 Details

All Forest Service roads and access to the forest are closed due to the recent, and still ongoing, Line Fire.

Closure is in effect until the end of November, but given current conditions and precedent, it's unlikely they will open back up this season.

Description

Katrina Wall is the north-most of the central walls of Voodoo Garden. It faces east and north and is home to some of the best routes in the Holcomb area. All routes are bolted and feature nice movement, sometimes quite sequential, with moments of airy exposure. Although there are occasional flakes of questionable solidity, the quality of rock is very good; most of the holds are solid and the routes clean, despite not having been climbed much at this point. Named for the hurricane that almost wiped out New Orleans in 05, the route names on Katrina call to mind the flavor of the Big Easy.

Routes listed from left to right -

When the Levee Breaks (5.9)
Bourbon Street (5.9)
Mardi Gras (5.9+)
French Quartered (5.7)
Blue Bayou (5.7)
The Big Easy (5.8)

Getting There

From the lower sections of the Voodoo Garden, work your way north and west, past Peyronies Wall, across the boulders up the hillside to the base of Katrina.