PRINT: Rock Climbing in Buffet Wall, Denny Cove

Buffet Wall

Tennessee > Denny Cove > Denny East

Access Issue: Daily online climbing registration required for TN State Park areas Details

Daily online climbing registration required for TN State Park areas. tnstateparks.com/activities…. This includes Cumberland Trail State Park (Deep Creek, Big Soddy, Buzzard Point, Laurel Falls, Dayton Pocket, Black Mountain and other areas within the park); South Cumberland State Park (Foster Falls and Denny Cove); Fall Creek Falls State Park; and Rocky Fork State Park Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with your unique registration number, site rules, and other helpful info. Please keep the registration number with you while climbing. At some locations, you may be asked to leave a piece of paper with your registration number on your car dashboard. Groups of 10 or more, please call the park prior to filling out a registration.

Description

The Buffet Wall is arguably the gem of Denny Cove. It is a stunning wall, offering long routes on steep sandstone. Most of the climbs here are 12 and up, but you can also find some 11s as well.

This wall gets sun all day in winter, and afternoon shade in the summer when the sun is high.

Getting There

When taking the main approach trail, stay straight for the quickest approach. An alternative approach is to take the stone stairs to the left and follow the cliffline.

Routes from Left to Right

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 1 ● Triple X Sport
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 2 ● Canned Food Quaalude Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 0 ● Buffet Shark Sport
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 1 ● Power Play Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 13 ● Soft Serve Sport
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 0 ● Nuttal Sorbet Sport
5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a 3 ● Cobra Pimp Sport
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 4 ● Cobra Prime Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 4 ● Self Control Sport
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a 3 ● Kids Eat Free Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 12 ● Blower Route Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 5 ● All You Can Eat Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 1 ● The Open Bar Sport
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 4 ● Crustatious Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 37 ● Mutatious Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 55 ● China King Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 54 ● Empire of Dirt Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 2 ● Warhead Boogie Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 89 ● Pressure Cooker Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 56 ● Dalai Lama Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 100 ● Canned Heat Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 26 ● Rectile Projectile Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 16 ● Trichinosis Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 5 ● Carcas Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 51 ● Meat and Three Sport
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a 9 ● Little Tokyo Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 30 ● Mighty Quinn Sport
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 23 ● Flash Fried Sport
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 112 ● Magic Meat Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 14 ● Second Serving Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 15 ● Buffeteers Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 39 ● Homecooked Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 46 ● Donald Pump Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 12 ● Moral High Ground Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 30 ● Kobayashi Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 30 ● Kiddie Table Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 116 ● Frozen Lightning Sport

● Triple X

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 Sport

● Canned Food Quaalude

5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Buffet Shark

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Power Play

5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport

● Soft Serve

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Nuttal Sorbet

5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport

● Cobra Pimp

5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a Sport

● Cobra Prime

5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b Sport

● Self Control

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Kids Eat Free

5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a Sport

● Blower Route

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport

● All You Can Eat

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● The Open Bar

5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Crustatious

5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Mutatious

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● China King

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Empire of Dirt

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Warhead Boogie

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport

● Pressure Cooker

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Dalai Lama

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Canned Heat

100

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Rectile Projectile

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Trichinosis

5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Carcas

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● Meat and Three

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Little Tokyo

5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a Sport

● Mighty Quinn

5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport

● Flash Fried

5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b Sport

● Magic Meat

112

5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport

● Second Serving

5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Buffeteers

5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Homecooked

5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport

● Donald Pump

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport

● Moral High Ground

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Kobayashi

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Kiddie Table

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Frozen Lightning

116

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

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Dana Howe gets a rest on the incessant Homecooked.

Buffet Right - 1) Donald Pump 2) Moral High Ground 3) Kobayashi 4) Kiddie Table 5) Frozen Lightning

Left/Mid Buffet Wall

In the crux move of the Lama

Davis Griffin exiting the crux to the heart breaking sloper run to the chains

The last hard move before the ledge.

The gem of Denny Cove, the massive Buffet Wall

Buffet Wall

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Drew Meyer
Nashville, TN

Saw a full-grown Timber Rattler by/under a large rock below Canned Food Quaalude on the left end of the Buffet Wall. Not aggressive but there. It is mating season and if it is a female there is a chance babies will be about soon.

tn.gov/twra/wildlife/reptil… Aug 5, 2020