The Grail Rock Climbing

A unique feature of The Grail is long pitches that often have midway anchors to facilitate descent with one rope. Also of note is that often the cruxes of these long pitches often occur above these midway anchor. Because of this, climbing shorter “versions” of routes has become very popular.

In an effort to keep the database a bit cleaner, an attempt has been made to list and describe routes in their complete form. However, it may be useful to know where those shorter versions are, and what they’re rated, so we’re compiling a list below along with links to their parent route descriptions.

Vesper 11d, 9 bolts, 90' A seldom used approach pitch.
Angelic App. 12a/b, 7 bolts, 90' Some more of that good techy blueness. **
Voyager 1 11c, 8 bolts , 80' Slightly sporty bolting on good rock/movement. *
Space X 11b, 9 bolts, 85' Awk start to easy middle with a fun face climbing top crux. *
Other Side P1 10d, 9 bolts, 80' Nicer lower angle climbing, good warm up. *
Other Side P2 11c, 16 bolts 110' Steeper with a reachy move, 12a if short. *
Mayhem 11a, 12 bolts, 95' Techy start to steep fun finish, very nicely bolted. unsure of P2 difficulty? **
Raven Nation 11a, 10 bolts, 80' Discontinuous in difficulty but some like it for a warm up.
Village Idiot 12a, 12 bolts, 90' Plumb and direct. Thin and sustained for this section. **
The Inq. 10d, 12 bolts, 95' Wandery with one hard move up higher.
Not Dead Yet 10b, 13 bolts, 95' Wandery but with big holds and friendly moves *
Total Depravity 11b, 13 bolts, 100' Odd start to a really nice panel **
Top Shelf 12a, 10 bolts, 95' Blocky to a good boulder then jugs. *
The Serf 11d, 16 bolts, 115' Pretty good on its own but might as well do the whole enchilada. **
Sweaty n Guilty 11c, 16 bolts, 115' Squeezed in there, reports of being loose.
Naysayers 11c, 13 bolts, 85' Hard to read but fun and tightly bolted *