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Southern Mountains Region Climbing

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Areas in Southern Mountains Region

107 Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 64 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 64

Birdstand Mountain 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Bonas Defeat 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Bradley Falls 13 / 11 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Buffalo Creek Park 6 / 9 / 5 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 40

Cashiers Area (Ice) 13 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 21 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 21

Cathey's Creek Crag 18 / 14 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Cedar Rock 101 / 14 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 107

Dark Side (Closed to climbing, included for historic reference), The 54 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 56

Eagle Rock 56 / 8 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 77

East Slate Rock 17 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Granite City 0 / 0 / 1 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Hickory Nut Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Horseshoe Rock 4 / 8 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

John Rock 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Laurel Knob 86 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 87

Little Bearwallow Falls 6 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Looking Glass Rock 149 / 8 / 2 / 36 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 189

Melrose Mtn. Climbing Park 15 / 27 / 15 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 46

Panthertown Valley 87 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 89

Pickens Nose 11 / 8 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Picklesimer Field 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pilot Rock 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Rumbling Bald 220 / 70 / 9 / 337 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 590

Sam's Knob Ice 6 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Southern Mountains Linkups 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Stone Depot 9 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Stony Bald 0 / 0 / 0 / 39 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 39

Sugar Creek Gap 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Victory Wall 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Whiteside Mountain 83 / 7 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 89

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Elevation:	2,288 ft	697 m
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Description

All climbing south and west of Asheville.

Getting There

Most of the climbing is near Lake Lure, Brevard and Cashiers

1,683 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Southern Mountains Region

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

V2 5+ 155 ● Crescent Crack Boulder Rumbling Bald > … > W Side Boulders > Devil Boulder
V4+ 6B+ 180 ● Dime Crack Boulder Rumbling Bald > … 1 > Trailside Area > Trailside Boulder
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 464 ● Fruit Loops Trad 2 pitches Rumbling Bald > Cereal Buttress
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 311 ● Sundial Crack Trad 4 pitches Looking Glass Rock > Nose Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 506 ● The Nose Trad 4 pitches Looking Glass Rock > Nose Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 209 ● Comatose Trad Rumbling Bald > Comatose Area
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 276 ● Frosted Flake Trad Rumbling Bald > Cereal Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 126 ● Titties and Beer (aka "World's… Trad 5 pitches Looking Glass Rock > Sun Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 192 ● The Seal Trad 4 pitches Looking Glass Rock > N Side
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b A2 114 ● Invisible Airways Trad, Aid 3 pitches Looking Glass Rock > N Side
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b A3 108 ● Creatures of Waste Trad, Aid 4 pitches Looking Glass Rock > N Side
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 186 ● Shredded Wheat Trad Rumbling Bald > Cereal Buttress
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R 106 ● Original Route (aka Gom Jabber) Trad 10 pitches Whiteside Mountain > Southeast Face
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 95 ● The Womb Trad 3 pitches Looking Glass Rock > N Side
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c PG13 66 ● The Glass Menagerie Trad 7 pitches Looking Glass Rock > N Side