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Vapor Lock Cave

Tennessee > Dayton Pocket/Laurel…

Description

A huge horizontal roof with sculpted pockets, pinches and flakes. This south-facing venue is very popular.

Getting There

Hike past the signs at the end of the parking lot and cross the wooden bridge built ontop of several stone foundations(It's wide enough to walk through carrying a metolious or mad rock crash pad.) To the right you'll see a tall structure made from the same stone brick and a little bit after that, there is a trail leading up the hill. Hike up and you'll end up walking on a part of another stone brick structure as well as a set of wooden staircases which will lead you to Vapor Cave.

Approach time- ~6 minutes.

During misting and light rainy conditions, the cave is dry.

If you spot a tunnel entrance on your right, you've walked too far ahead.

Routes from Left to Right

V6 7A
 5
Escaping the Dust
Boulder
V6 7A
 6
Dead Bird
Boulder
V6 7A
 3
Pig Pen
Boulder
V14 8B+
 2
Perpetual Motion
Boulder
V10 7C+
 2
Tavalin Shaft
Boulder
V5 6C
 3
Baby Beans
Boulder
V7 7A+
 59
Torpedo
Boulder
V9-10 7C+ PG13
 17
Future Spray
Boulder
V5 6C
 79
Reconciliation
Boulder
V8 7B
 16
Red Headed Stepchild
Boulder
V7 7A+
 33
Red Headed Stepchild Left
Boulder
V9 7C
 1
Redwing
Boulder
V10 7C+
 24
Honeycomb
Boulder
V11 8A
 4
Honey Child
Boulder
V11 8A
 5
Vapor Lock
Boulder
V12 8A+
 1
Vaporlock Sit Start
Boulder
V12 8A+
 1
Dafuze
Boulder
V10 7C+
 1
First Blood
Boulder
V9 7C
 1
Dune
Boulder
V9 7C
 13
Dune-Blasting
Boulder
V8 7B
 1
Rib
Boulder
V7 7A+
 7
Contra
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Escaping the Dust
 5
V6 7A Boulder
Dead Bird
 6
V6 7A Boulder
Pig Pen
 3
V6 7A Boulder
Perpetual Motion
 2
V14 8B+ Boulder
Tavalin Shaft
 2
V10 7C+ Boulder
Baby Beans
 3
V5 6C Boulder
Torpedo
 59
V7 7A+ Boulder
Future Spray
 17
V9-10 7C+ PG13 Boulder
Reconciliation
 79
V5 6C Boulder
Red Headed Stepchild
 16
V8 7B Boulder
Red Headed Stepchild Left
 33
V7 7A+ Boulder
Redwing
 1
V9 7C Boulder
Honeycomb
 24
V10 7C+ Boulder
Honey Child
 4
V11 8A Boulder
Vapor Lock
 5
V11 8A Boulder
Vaporlock Sit Start
 1
V12 8A+ Boulder
Dafuze
 1
V12 8A+ Boulder
First Blood
 1
V10 7C+ Boulder
Dune
 1
V9 7C Boulder
Dune-Blasting
 13
V9 7C Boulder
Rib
 1
V8 7B Boulder
Contra
 7
V7 7A+ Boulder

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Vapor Lock Roof.<br>
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Yellow- Torpedo V7<br>
Orange-Reconciliation V5<br>
Red- Honeycomb V10<br>
Pink into red- Crazy Craver V11<br>
Purple- Red Headed Stepchild V8<br>
Light Green- Vapor Lock V11<br>
Dark Green- Dune Blasting V9<br>
Light Blue- Sandblasting Skin V8<br>
Dark Blue- ? V8+?
[Hide Photo] Vapor Lock Roof. Yellow- Torpedo V7 Orange-Reconciliation V5 Red- Honeycomb V10 Pink into red- Crazy Craver V11 Purple- Red Headed Stepchild V8 Light Green- Vapor Lock V11 Dark Green- Dune…

Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

[Hide Comment] how does this roof do in the rain? does it stay pretty dry? Mar 7, 2017
Arthur Kock
Seattle, WA
[Hide Comment] The cave stays pretty much completely dry in the rain. Dec 7, 2022