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Elevation: 8,250 ft 2,515 m
GPS: 32.41184, -110.71845
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Shared By: jbak x on Sep 9, 2025
Admins: adrian montaƱo, Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

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A lumpy set of towers with a few decent looking lines. Pretty shady. Will probably end up with routes facing several different directions, unlike the Upper and Lower Walls.

Palisade Upper Wall is pretty good. But the right side routes have a sameness of look and feel that makes it hard for me to remember which is which. That won't be a problem at West Pinnacle. Of the several lines I've explored (4 sent, others in progress) none can be confused with any other.

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Approach like normal until you are at the TOP of the Upper Wall. Then DON'T jog east to get to the base of Upper Wall. Instead head WEST to loop down and around to the west. You should immediately see a separate crag. That's it.

You can also get there from palisade LOWER wall by heading way left along the base, and then going uphill.

At the northern uphill point of the crag is a nice platform rock where you can lay your pack and gear. Descend left to get to JAM, and right to get to BATTLE.

There is an overview picture attached to this page that shows the layout.

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