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Upper Town Wall Rock Climbing

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Areas in Upper Town Wall

(a) Wall of Voodoo 5 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

(b) Left of Earwax 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

(d) Dana's Arch Area 11 / 9 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 20

(e) Sport Wall 1 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

(f) Central Wall Area 24 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 41

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Elevation:	1,523 ft	464 m
GPS:	47.824, -121.5655 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

The huge wall sitting above the town of Index visible from the road into town. Has routes both short and long, both aid and free, and both trad and sport. At about 30-min, it has a longer approach than the 2-min one to the Lower Wall, but well worth the hike.

Classic aid lines include Town Crier and Green Dragon. Great multipitch free routes include the Davis-Holland, Wildest Dreams, Golden Road, and Heaven's Gate. Also many 1-pitch routes at the base. The Cheeks area has routes that tend to stay dry in a rain and easy-to-set-up top ropes.
(Based on original Description and Getting There from Jonah, 2006)

Getting There

From the Lower Wall parking, follow the train tracks to the Country area. Walk to the far right of the clearing, near the start of GM (there may be a notice board up) and follow the obvious path uphill to the base of the central wall area.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Upper Town Wall

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 A0 211 ● Lovin' Arms Trad, Aid 3 pitches (f) Central Wal… > Full (or nearly) Wall…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 332 ● Davis-Holland Route Trad 3 pitches (f) Central Wal… > Full (or nearly) Wall…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 82 ● The Brett Thompson and Scott Ful… Trad 5 pitches (d) Dana's Arch Area
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 47 ● The Black Flag of the Schwarzer… Sport (c) Earwax Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 127 ● Heaven's Gate Trad, Sport 4 pitches (d) Dana's Arch Area
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 74 ● Golden Road Sport 5 pitches (d) Dana's Arch Area
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 18 ● Earwax Trad (c) Earwax Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 11 ● Sisu Sport 7 pitches (f) Central Wal… > Full (or nearly) Wall…
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 27 ● Raggedy Andy Sport (c) Earwax Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 30 ● Wildest Dreams Trad 4 pitches (d) Dana's Arch Area
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 7 ● The Biology of Small Appliances Sport (c) Earwax Wall
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 11 ● Heart's Desire Sport (e) Sport Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b C2+ 31 ● Town Crier Trad, Aid 6 pitches (f) Central Wal… > Full (or nearly) Wall…
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c A0 6 ● The Call of Cthulhu Trad, Aid 6 pitches (f) Central Wal… > Full (or nearly) Wall…
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 7 ● Bang! Sport (f) Central Wal… > Madsen's Ledge