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Elevation: 7,744 ft 2,360 m
GPS: 37.07266, -118.96683
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The most obvious and clean wall here with good accessibility. Rises dramatically 700' or so straight up out of Helms Creek canyon below the dam. A lot of slab climbing with routes established on lead and some long runouts, but some routes have some sections of cracks and corners mixed in and a few have a reasonable amount of bolt protection.

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Most people drive across the dam and park at the obvious geologic info pullout. The base can be reached by traversing ledges upstream of the main face to a rappel route for a 70m rope, or Powerline can be rappelled with 2 ropes with some 3rd to 4th class scrambling or fixing 50' feet of line from the top. A couple other routes can also be rappelled but require setting gear anchors at the top to access. The wall can also be assessed by following the gated road next to Tiger wall pullout to the roadside crag and scrambling down into the canyon and across the creek (which has stable year round flows dictated most usually just by the reservoir level).

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Classic Climbing Routes at West Face

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 4
● "C.C.A"
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 5
● Wichita Lineman
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 8
● Ohm Sweet Ohm
Trad 5 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 65
● A Little Nukey
Trad 5 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 33
● Welcome to Courtright
Trad 5 pitches
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 34
● Hannaramic
Sport 6 pitches
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 11
● The Paraclete
Trad 6 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 19
● Smegmathon
Trad 5 pitches
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
 7
● Esto Power
Trad 5 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 7
● Powerline
Trad 4 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● "C.C.A"
 4
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
● Wichita Lineman
 5
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Ohm Sweet Ohm
 8
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 5 pitches
● A Little Nukey
 65
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 5 pitches
● Welcome to Courtright
 33
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 5 pitches
● Hannaramic
 34
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport 6 pitches
● The Paraclete
 11
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 6 pitches
● Smegmathon
 19
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 5 pitches
● Esto Power
 7
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Trad 5 pitches
● Powerline
 7
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 4 pitches
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