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Urban Assault Rock Climbing

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	[CLOSED] Spelioantics S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Buzzards Breath S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Cell Block S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Fake Techtonics S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Ladrone S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Mah Jong S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Manchild S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b PG13
	Masada S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Medicine Man S 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Plate Techtonics S 5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a
	Starfish S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Urban Assault S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a

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Elevation:	521 ft	159 m
GPS:	30.2473, -97.7908 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Urban Assault is a chossy limestone wall approximately 90ft high and is the highest wall in the Greenbelt. The wall is located on an open bend in the creek. Hot and exposed in the summer, it is a great cool weather climb. In the summer it gets few visitors with the exception of a few hikers and small groups of climbers headed to Gus Fruh.

Report suspect hardware on BadBolts.com See Hardware Maintenance for more info

Getting There

This wall is located on the east side of the creek on a bend between Gus Fruh and Seismic walls. Most climber approach from Gus Fruh.

The Gus Fruh entry point is near 2642 Barton Hills Dr, Austin, TX 78704. Park on the street and take the trail down to the creek.

Walk upstream , the wall will be on your left.

Hardware Maintenance

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To report suspect hardware start here Bad Bolts Urban Assault

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Classic Climbing Routes at Urban Assault

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

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 49 ● Urban Assault Sport 3 pitches
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 15 ● Cell Block Sport
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a 6 ● Ladrone Sport
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 9 ● Starfish Sport