PRINT: Rock Climbing in Party Wall, Powerlinez

4. Party Wall

New York > Powerlinez > f. Yankee Ramparts

Access Issue: As of November 2021, there are new parking arrangements. Please follow this guidance. Details

The current parking area is now limited parking, subject to the following guidelines:

No parking weekdays before 4pm. (Use Saltbox Parking Area at these times).
Do not block pump station access gates at any time.
Be careful not to hit or disturb manholes or other infrastructure.

The Saltbox Parking Area is a new resource, available on weekdays and weekends. Don't bushwhack or create new trails from this area.

Torne Brook Road and the trailhead remain a no-parking area. This is to ensure access for emergency personnel.

Inconsiderate or illegal parking here could lead to permanent closure.

Description

Top-Roping and bouldering in the midst of the Yankee Ramparts West area.

Mostly easier routes, 25-40 feet high.

Quiet atmosphere because there's a big hump between the cliff and the Thruway.

Top-Roping: With a static line off an obvious tree, could access six different routes from the same anchor.
Access the top of the cliff: One way is to walk flat NorthWest about 90 feet, then turn right and start hiking up in toward the next cliff sector, and find a narrow gully diagonal going up right-ward.

Photos of route lines:

Getting There

First hike up on the usual trails to Basilisk wall, then walk WNW horizontally along the base of the low cliffs about 880 feet / 270 meters, passing by the Revolutionary Ramparts West and Yankee Ramparts East areas, then passing under a gentler non-cliff "bowl", then past the Vulnerability sector, before reaching this sector.

- - > See this photo of Party Wall next to Vulnerability Corner

Routes from Left to Right

5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a 2 ● Free Fall Corner TR
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 3 ● Party Face Trad, TR
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 4 ● Pitch Black Trad, TR
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 4 ● First Steps a Doozy TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 2 ● Party Ridge TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 5 ● Party Crack Trad, TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 6 ● Short and Sweet Trad, TR
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 4 ● Cobweb Massacre Trad, TR

● Free Fall Corner

5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a TR

● Party Face

5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR

● Pitch Black

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad, TR

● First Steps a Doozy

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c TR

● Party Ridge

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR

● Party Crack

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR

● Short and Sweet

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR

● Cobweb Massacre

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, TR

Photos [Hide ALL Photos]

South face of Party Wall:<br>
E. First Steps a Doozy<br>
G. Party Ridge<br>
H. Party Crack<br>
J. Short and Sweet

South face of Party Wall: E. First Steps a Doozy G. Party Ridge H. Party Crack J. Short and Sweet

Party Wall south face with Vulnerability
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G. Party Ridge
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H. Party Crack
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J. Short and Sweet
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Y. In All Probability
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Z. Vulnerability
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. vZ. variation harder finiah

Party Wall south face with Vulnerability G. Party Ridge H. Party Crack J. Short and Sweet - - - - - - - - - - Y. In All Probability Z. Vulnerability . vZ. variation harder finiah

West face of Party Wall:<br>
A. Free Fall Corner<br>
B. Party Face<br>
D. Pitch Black<br>
E. First Steps a Doozy

West face of Party Wall: A. Free Fall Corner B. Party Face D. Pitch Black E. First Steps a Doozy