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Polar Soldier Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Polar Soldier Wall

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	Ethical Dilemma T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b R
	Eye of Sauron S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Polar Soldier T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Vestibular Apparatus T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b

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Elevation:	1,932 ft	589 m
GPS:	44.3626, -73.86373 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Known for ice climbing (the ice route "Polar Soldier"), this wall has yielded some excellent summer routes in recent years. Sections of the cliff are black and scoured clean by ice, and some sections are overhanging with scaly, blocky rock. There are some cracks too, and clean slabs on the left.

Getting There

Park at the Whiteface ski center, at the Kids Campus. There is a trailhead here for Bear Den. Follow the Upper Connector trail, then go left at the first intersection, right at the next, left at the next, then right at the next. Go 60 paces and find a cairn in the woods on the left (there's a hard-to-find sling around the base of a beech tree here). Follow the cairns to the Polar Soldier Wall.