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Emporios Portal

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Description

Behold! The Glorious Goat Grotto!

This mighty orifice inspires awe among humans and goats alike.

Emporios Portal is a monstrous cave that holds a few super long and quality routes. Two of the routes within the cave are 40+ meter rope-stretchers that lead you into the bowels of the orifice and up to a unique blowhole in the ceiling of the cave where you can look out from above the wall! The few routes on the outside of the cave are alright, as well. Circus (7a+) is takes a broken and circuitous path through several rock types and boulder problems to the top of the wall. I didn't climb Olivebaum (6c), but overheard our friends lamenting it as a goat turd.

The climbing is unique and there are some hidden treasures up here.

Consider bringing hand sanitizer as everything will be coated in goat pellet dust at the end of the day.

Getting There

Park as for Styx. Follow the braided goat trails and random paint marks up to the cave.

Routes from Left to Right

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 1
Circus
Sport
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 1
Ingo
Sport
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 3
No Exit
Sport
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 2
Metro
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Circus
 1
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Ingo
 1
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
No Exit
 3
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Metro
 2
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport