Hades Heights Climbing
Routes in Hades Heights
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[Redacted] TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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[Redacted] V3 6A |
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Bad Rock T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Biceps TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Biceps - Var: Right Wall T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Biceps - Var: Thumbthing T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Biceps - Var: Thumbthing Else T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Billy Goat Boulder V2 5+ |
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Bulge, The TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Bulging Crack T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Butterfly TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Camp Daze TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a |
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Camp Permit TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Can't Permit TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Carderock Low Traverse V5 6C |
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Chris Wex Don Traverse T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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Chris's Goat TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Crack, The T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Cripple's Face TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Crippling Paralysis TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Crucifixion T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 |
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Crystal Ship TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Desperation TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Don't Fall on the Hikers V0-1 4+ |
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Easy Layback T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Eliminates T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Face To Right T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 |
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Fifi T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Fingernail TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Flutterby TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Friction Layback TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Garbage Chute, The TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c |
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Golden Staircase TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Green Bucket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Hades Heights Girdle Traverse T V1-2 5 |
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If You Have to Climb in Maryland TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X |
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Incipient TR 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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Iron Cross TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Kindergarten TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c |
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Krypton V5+ 6C+ |
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Laundry Chute, The T 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a |
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Leonards Lunacy T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Mad Dog TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Make A Wish T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Merv's Nerve TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Norris' Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c |
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Norris's Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c |
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Nose, The TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a |
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Not So Gneiss V4- 6B R |
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Nubbin (Nubble) Face TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Photogenic T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Pre-Kindergarten Boulder T V-easy 3 |
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Serenity Syndrome TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Silver Spot TR 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b |
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Silver Sucker TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Slot It Out V3 6A |
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Spider Walk TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Sterling's Double Cracks TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Talk about a view V0-1 4+ |
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Top Roping at Carderock with Tots TR 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b |
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Triple A TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Trudie's Terror T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Walk On By T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Wish Come True T,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Yellow Jacket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Zig Zag TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Description
Carderock’s downstream end. Beginning at the scramble down and Kindergarten, Spiderwalk and Silver Spot and ending where the river meets the rock at Trudy’s Terror. At Biceps overhang, shade trees give way to open skies and warm south aspect faces of Hades Heights. Routes continue down with Green Bucket, Nubble Face then turning a corner at Cripple Crack, finishing with Merv’s Nerve, Easy Lieback and Finger Nail. Hades Heights is adjacent the Potomac River offering views up and downstream and across to Vaso Island. Generations of climbing has rendered the base of the wall bare ground and some of the holds polished. A 15 m length of anchor rope protects the top roping with tree and block anchors.
Getting There
Saunter from the the car past the toilets, south along a boardwalk and path to the le junction of the Billy Goat Trail and either hike downstream on the cliff too to set up a top rope anchor, or descent polished shist of the normal walk down gulley to recon the bottom of the routes, over historic, compacted soils among the Sycamore trees at the Potomac flood line. The sector ends at Trudy’s Terror where the river meets the rock.
Classic Climbing Routes at Hades Heights
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
Route Name | Location | Star Rating | Difficulty | Date |
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● The Crack |
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad, TR | ||
● Easy Layback |
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad, TR | ||
● Nubbin (Nubble) Face |
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5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a TR | ||
● Trudie's Terror |
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR | ||
● Spider Walk |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR | ||
● Friction Layback |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR | ||
● Golden Staircase |
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR | ||
● Triple A |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR | ||
● Flutterby |
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5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR | ||
● Butterfly |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a TR | ||
● Green Bucket |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a TR | ||
● Fingernail |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR | ||
● The Bulge |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR | ||
● Zig Zag |
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5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b TR | ||
● Silver Spot |
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5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b TR |
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