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The Danks Rock Climbing

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Areas in The Danks

Blowin' Kisses Wall 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Booze Wall, The 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Half-Baked Wall 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Hangover Wall 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Lower Danks 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Party Wall 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Upper Danks 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

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Elevation:	5,880 ft	1,792 m
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Description

Danks has morning sun , afternoon shade and a 5 minute hike. The area is home to about 50 routes with grades between 5.9- to 5.13+ with more going in. The routes here are pretty long and pumpy on very featured limestone.

Here is the physical order of the Dank walls from left to right.
Booze wall
Hangover wall (left trail by parking lot puts you here)
Blowin' Kisses Wall
Party Wall
Half Baked Wall
Upper Danks (right trail NE of parking lot puts you here)
Lower Danks

Getting There

Park in pull out between shadowlands and sunshine . Walk back towards sunhine for about 150 yds and head up trail on west side of road. Parking lot is found just a bit north of Home Post 21498 when traveling on Highway 85.

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Danks

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

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 53 ● If We All Had a Bong Weed All Ge… Sport Lower Danks
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 79 ● Mary Jane Sport Upper Danks
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 38 ● Blowin' Kisses At Disinterested… Sport Blowin' Kisses Wall
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a 11 ● Booze Cruize Sport Booze Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 16 ● Stakes Are High And So Am I Sport Lower Danks
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 15 ● The Puke Stain Sport Hangover Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 16 ● Blue Sky Blond Sport Upper Danks
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 8 ● Blueberry Train Wreck Sport Upper Danks
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 28 ● Hippie Grenade Sport Upper Danks
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 24 ● Party In My Pants Sport Party Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 31 ● Laughing Grass Sport Upper Danks
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 9 ● Smearnoff Sport Booze Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 11 ● Too Drunk To Huck Sport Party Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 9 ● Bitchin Pizza Sport Blowin' Kisses Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 7 ● Pabst Blue Ribbon Sport Booze Wall