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The Snake Bend Wall (The Skreetching Halt!) Climbing

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Routes in The Snake Bend Wall (The Skreetching Halt!)

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	Flake don't break T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Snake Bend Wall Traverse V2 5+

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Elevation:	75 ft	23 m
GPS:	36.4831, -121.1753 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Always check this web page before you visit for current conditions and nesting closures:

Current Raptor Advisories for Pinnacles National Park nps.gov/pinn/planyourvisit/…
and
pinnacles.org/climbing_info…
Closures effective as of the day after Martin Luther King Day- July 3. Check closure website for details on closed areas.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Condors have been establishing nests at the Pinnacles National Monument. Since condors develop to fledgling more slowly than raptors and vultures closures due to condor nesting is extended past the usual Martin Luther King Day to July 3rd. Again, please check the "Current Raptor Advisory" section of the NPS website and/or the Friends of Pinnacles website for current closures.

As of July 2024 there are three active Condor nests at Pinnacles National Park.

The Machete Ridge area is closed from Pigeon Crack on west face then west around the south side to The Hideout including the popular Old Original.

All climbing routes at Crowley Towers are closed.

All routes on the Yaks and Yaks Wall plus Marauder.

We accidently saw something... skreetch!

My partner and I had a reasonable day on the east side. after getting back in the car to drive back to the camp site from moses springs trailhead we happened to pull to a stop at a spot that caught our attention.
the most obvious line was a very dangerous crack line that was held together by chossy hollow holds, moss, and small plants. in our first look at it, I had gotten on the wall as a tease to see if I wanted to get my trad rack and a hold blew out on me. Currently the only crack that's probably been lead is Flake don't break!

Getting There

"Snake Bend Wall is visible from the road that leads up to the normal East Side parking area. It is on the left, 0.7 mile after the stone-lined bridge across Chalone Creek (where the road forks on the drive in to the East Side). Park for Snake Bend Wall in one of the normal East Side parking areas. Approach by hiking down the Bear Gulch Trail (downstream, away from the normal Bear Gulch climbing areas). This trail crosses two foot-bridges before crossing over a paved, employee housing driveway. Continue another 125 yards from the driveway before reaching a third bridge. This bridge is quickly followed by a fourth bridge. The trail then immediately curves right. Snake Bend Wall is across the creek from this bend, facing northeast, right at the trail."

-Brad Young