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The Lower Slabs Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in The Lower Slabs

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	Arabesque T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Derelict T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Jalopy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ramshackle T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Threadbare T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c

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Elevation:	8,430 ft
GPS:	35.73, -105.429 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	magoo on Nov 12, 2014
Admins:	Jason Halladay, Anthony Stout, LeeAB Brinckerhoff, Marta Reece, Drew Chojnowski Page Updates (admin only)

Description

Low angle granite wall with a small collection of quality 1-2 pitch routes on great stone high on the east side of the canyon.

Getting There

From the campground/parking area, hike up the canyon trail for about 1-1/2 mile and then leave the trail and trudge up the steep slope to the cliffs on the east side of the canyon. The point to leave the trail is about 1/2 mile past the third stream crossing. If you pass the wilderness boundary sign you went too far. The routes are on a cliff band directly below the huge, obvious, clean tombstone shaped wall, the Banshee Wall, looming above.
If you're lucky you'll find the cairns. The section of cliff to aim for is roughly at the highest point that the forested slope reaches up into the rocky canyon wall. Some final scrambling is required to gain the ledge system at the base of the routes.

This approach takes about an hour if you know where to go.