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Hades Heights Climbing

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	[Redacted] TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	[Redacted] V3 6A
	Bad Rock T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Biceps TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Biceps - Var: Right Wall T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Biceps - Var: Thumbthing T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Biceps - Var: Thumbthing Else T,TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Billy Goat Boulder V2 5+
	Bulge, The TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bulging Crack T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Butterfly TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Camp Daze TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Camp Permit TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Can't Permit TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Carderock Low Traverse V5 6C
	Chris Wex Don Traverse T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Chris's Goat TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Crack, The T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Cripple's Face TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Crippling Paralysis TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Crucifixion T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Crystal Ship TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Desperation TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Don't Fall on the Hikers V0-1 4+
	Easy Layback T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Eliminates T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Face To Right T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Fifi T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fingernail TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Flutterby TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Friction Layback TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Garbage Chute, The TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Golden Staircase TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Green Bucket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hades Heights Girdle Traverse T V1-2 5
	If You Have to Climb in Maryland TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X
	Incipient TR 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Iron Cross TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Kindergarten TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Krypton V5+ 6C+
	Laundry Chute, The T 5.1 2 6 II 7 MD 2a
	Leonards Lunacy T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mad Dog TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Make A Wish T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Merv's Nerve TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Norris' Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Norris's Nipple T,TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Nose, The TR 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
	Not So Gneiss V4- 6B R
	Nubbin (Nubble) Face TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Photogenic T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Pre-Kindergarten Boulder T V-easy 3
	Serenity Syndrome TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Silver Spot TR 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Silver Sucker TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Slot It Out V3 6A
	Spider Walk TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Sterling's Double Cracks TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Talk about a view V0-1 4+
	Top Roping at Carderock with Tots TR 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
	Triple A TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Trudie's Terror T,TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Walk On By T,TR 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Wish Come True T,TR 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Yellow Jacket TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	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.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Hades Heights

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

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 45 ● The Crack Trad, TR
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 74 ● Easy Layback Trad, TR
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 48 ● Nubbin (Nubble) Face TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 52 ● Trudie's Terror Trad, TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 29 ● Spider Walk TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 32 ● Friction Layback TR
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 29 ● Bulging Crack Trad, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 44 ● Triple A TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 27 ● Golden Staircase TR
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 32 ● Flutterby TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 45 ● Butterfly TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 26 ● Green Bucket TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 37 ● Fingernail TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 24 ● The Bulge TR
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 24 ● Zig Zag TR