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Hailes Cave South Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Hailes Cave South

Cave Wall 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Fern Garden 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Haven Wall 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Leaning Tower 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Lower Misery 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Mahican Ledge 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Mahican Section 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Mossy Corner 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Reef, The 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Waterstreak Wall 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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Elevation:	1,147 ft	350 m
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Access Issue: Cave Wall closed November 1st to April Details

Due to hibernating bats, the Cave Wall is closed annually from November 1st. Please respect the closure to avoid jeopardizing future access. The rest of the climbing area remains open during this time. Visit climbthacher.org for more info

Description

The first area of climbing you come to on the climber's trail. Stretches from the Cave Wall until the Haven Wall.

Getting There

Turn left at the bottom of the trail for the Cave Wall or go right for everything else.

56 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Hailes Cave South

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 51 ● Pow Wow Sport Haven Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 68 ● The Wizard of Schenectady Sport Mahican Section
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 90 ● Tossin Ze Chossin Sport Mahican Section
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 17 ● Spiffy Sport Leaning Tower
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 34 ● Cruddy Britches Sport Haven Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 49 ● Steinmetz Slab Sport Mahican Section
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 57 ● Jibs 'n' Jugs Sport Haven Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 22 ● Hailes Traverse aka Not the Fitz… Sport Cave Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 22 ● Little Black Rain Cloud Sport Fern Garden
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 48 ● Winkler's Bushwack Sport Mahican Section
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 46 ● Theophany Sport Haven Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 30 ● Lucifugus Sport Cave Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 6 ● Blue Moon in August Sport Mahican Section
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 23 ● Crimptogramma Stelleri Sport Mahican Section
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 4 ● Activate Your Almonds Sport Reef