Elevation: 845 ft
GPS: 47.82438, -121.55565
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Shared By: Ben jamin on Jun 21, 2022
Admins: Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Z Winters

Description

Halloween, also known as 'the Grafton Crag' is an old wall that saw development years ago before it was abandoned and overtaken by moss. As the story goes, a local young man and his father spent time developing the wall before he was tragically lost. The trail and wall were recently restored and several new routes were added. Halloween features over 20 single pitch climbs with a little bit of something for everyone, but is notable for for its short approach, unique angled cracks, and density of high quality 5.9 - 5.10 routes.

While at Halloween, please be respectful with noise. This is one of the closest crags to the town of Index, so please don't scream, play loud music, etc. Just be a good sport and if you see someone causing a problem, please ask them respectfully to stop.

Getting There

The approach takes about 15 minutes. The easiest way to get there is to follow the trail shown in the Climbing Map on this page. 

Park in town at Doolittle or across the road at Heybrook Ridge and follow the Lookout Point trail to the Midnite boulder. Before passing the Midnite boulder, turn right down the Trilium trail. Continue for a few minutes until you see a small trail heading right down a winding path to the base of the wall. At the time of this writing there's an orange sign that says 'Happy Halloween' on a tree with 3 trunks pointing to the right towards the trail, but it's a little hard to see. Follow this winding trail for a few minutes to meet the base of the wall. As you walk across the trail, you will pass along the top of the Leaky Cauldron. To get to the Leaky Cauldron head right/straight at the junction on the boulders once passing through the stairs. For all other routes, continue left along the wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Halloween

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 5
Lisle
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 7
Platform 5.9 3/4
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 14
Resting Witch Face
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 6
Room for Two
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 5
Twenty-Five
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 10
Carol
Trad
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 6
What's Better Than 24?
Trad, TR
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
Pumpkin Spice
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 15
Tower of Terror
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 7
Shirlene
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 3
Sink Semper Titanics
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 9
Harambe
Trad
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 7
Heebee Geebees
Trad 2 pitches
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
 3
Sam
Trad
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Lisle
 5
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
Platform 5.9 3/4
 7
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, TR
Resting Witch Face
 14
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Room for Two
 6
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Twenty-Five
 5
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
Carol
 10
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
What's Better Than 24?
 6
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
Pumpkin Spice
 6
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Tower of Terror
 15
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Shirlene
 7
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Sink Semper Titanics
 3
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Harambe
 9
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad
Heebee Geebees
 7
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad 2 pitches
Sam
 3
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad
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