Toxic Wall Climbing

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Routes in Toxic Wall

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	A$AP Rocky V4 6B
	Back Breaker V4 6B
	Cheesy Grits V3 6A
	Fossil Fuel V3+ 6A+
	Frosted Flake V0 4
	It's My First Time V1 5
	Lost My Gym Membership V1-2 5
	No One Plots Like Gaston V1+ 5
	Pizza Friday V1-2 5
	Popped His Cherry V3-4 6A+
	Reach, The V2 5+
	Tree roots S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Unholy moly V4 6B
	unnamed 2 V2 5+
	very grim V4-5 6B+
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Description

Nashville's premiere outdoor climbing area. By premiere I mean only. Toxic Wall is a small band of very steep limestone along the Stones River. Managed by the Army Corp of Engineers, this secluded area is situated below the Percy Priest Dam. The area is popular with fishermen and climbers who sometimes leave an awful mess. Be good and pack out your trash and pick up some in the process. Its good Ju-Ju. Toxic Wall is best in the late afternoon during the summer and when the sun is out in the winter. Otherwise its either a sweat/freeze fest. The rock for the most part is bomber and sharp. Most of the routes are short and sporty. There are a few trad lines and numerous boulder problems. Passive pro is recommended for the trad lines as the force of a fall on a cam could blow out the surrounding rock.

Getting There

From I-40E take exit 219. At the light make a Right onto Stewart's Ferry Pike. At the first light make a left onto Bell Road. Drive over the dam and make the first left onto Dodson Chapel Road. Make an immediate left into the park. Drive down park road to parking lot. From the parking lot take the steps in the far right corner to a well worn path that goes across a large field. Follow path under the interstate across two creeks and up a small hill. From here the trail follows the cliffline. Atop the small hill a trail leads up and right to a couple of V-easy boulder problems. Be careful though, if your spotter is not paying attention you could take a serious tumble down into the river. From the parking lot the approach is 5-10 min.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Toxic Wall

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

V3 6A 12 ● Cheesy Grits Boulder
V3+ 6A+ 8 ● Fossil Fuel Boulder
V4 6B 4 ● Unholy moly Boulder
V4-5 6B+ 5 ● very grim Boulder