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7 - Upper Highway Climbing

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Areas in 7 - Upper Highway

Aspen Trail Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 117 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 117

Charlie Dome and The Lony Tusk 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Delta Dome 2 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Echo 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Five Mile Wall 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Foxtrot 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Havens, The 1 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Ireland 0 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Loma Linda 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Mariposita 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Mount Bigelow 5 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Never Ever Land 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 8

North Park 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Not So Steep 1 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

PPG Rock 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Raycreation Area 5 / 35 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 39

Reef of Rocks 64 / 30 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 96

Shady Grove 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Sloth Slab 0 / 12 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

South Dome 4 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

South Park 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Spectrum Crags 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Spencer Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Steep, The 0 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

TriTower 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Wilderness of Rocks 1 / 6 / 0 / 53 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 61

Wilderness of Rocks Domes 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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Description

The Upper Highway area covers crags and climbs from Palisades Ranger Station (milepost 19.4) on up to the top if the mountain. It includes areas near the summit, but accessed by means other than the Summit Crags.

This section of the mountain will likely be very cold, or under snow, in winter months. Seasonal closures for raptor nesting in some areas further shorten the climbing season here. But when access is open and weather permits, the Upper Mountain offers some of the longest and most committing routes on the mountain.

Upper Highway is not included as a chapter in Squeezing the Lemmon II, but will be consistent with Eric's new guide when it is published.

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Classic Climbing Routes at 7 - Upper Highway

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

V5-6 6C+ 48 ● Civil War Boulder Aspen Trail Bou… > Gandalf's Gorge > Dragon's Den
V8 7B 16 ● Molyneux's Problem Boulder Aspen Trail Bou… > Rdside Boulder
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 73 ● Rapture of the Steep Trad 2 pitches Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 27 ● Odyssey Trad 4 pitches Reef of Rocks > Poseidon
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 38 ● Naranja Trad 3 pitches Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 12 ● You Bastards Sport S Park
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 30 ● Reef Break Trad 3 pitches Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 86 ● Venezuelan Mafia Sport Raycreation Area > Lower Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 15 ● Iron Butterfly Sport Mt Bigelow > Butterfly Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 104 ● Corned Beef and Thrash Sport Ireland > IreIand Main Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 21 ● Trident Sport 3 pitches Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 11 ● Supreme Seaweed Superhighway Sport 3 pitches Reef of Rocks > Poseidon
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 30 ● Crankbugs Sport Reef of Rocks > Aegir
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 15 ● Red Tide Sport Reef of Rocks > Neptune
5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a 6 ● Doubt Sport Reef of Rocks > Aegir