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Classic Climbs for East Side

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 55 ● Center Route Trad Sisters > First Sister
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R 4 ● Regular Route Trad High Peaks Trail > Pipsqueak Pinnacle
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 44 ● Left Route Trad Sisters > First Sister
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R 178 ● Portent Trad, TR Discovery Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 118 ● Swallow Crack Trad, Sport Discovery Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 22 ● Sinbad Sport, TR Teaching Rock
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 49 ● The Cleft Trad Discovery Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 25 ● The Unmentionable Trad High Peaks Trail > Unmentionable
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R 5 ● Salathe Route Trad 2 pitches Hand
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X 62 ● Direct Route Trad Monolith > E Face
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 8 ● Wave Rider AKA Merry Cranksters… Trad Monolith > E Face
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 5 ● Lost Sister Trad Sisters > First Sister
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 140 ● Rat Race Trad, TR Tourist Trap
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 146 ● Ordeal Trad Discovery Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 21 ● Nailbox Crack Trad Discovery Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 7 ● Lost Horizons Trad Discovery Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 27 ● Sinbad Direct Sport, TR Teaching Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 62 ● Regular Route Trad 2 pitches Monolith > E Face
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 5 ● The Fast Lane Sport Frog
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 9 ● Mr. Hugh G.Rection Trad Back Door
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 13 ● Southwest Face Right Sport Gerties Pinnacle
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 14 ● Liebacker's Lullaby Trad 3 pitches Yaks > Yaks Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 88 ● Wee Little One Sport Tourist Trap
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 26 ● Feather Canyon Trad, Sport 9 pitches Condor Gulch > Feather Canyon
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 124 ● Thrill Hammer Trad, Sport Tourist Trap
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 50 ● Organ Grinder Sport Upper Crust
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 7 ● Fly By Trad, TR Discovery Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 215 ● The Wet Kiss Sport, TR Discovery Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 56 ● Coyote Ugly Trad Tiburcio's X
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 103 ● Jorgie's Crack Trad Discovery Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 19 ● Erectile Dysfunction Sport High Peaks Trail > Unmentionable
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 5 ● Bye-Bye Fly-By Trad, TR Discovery Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 15 ● The Long and The Short of It Trad Tourist Trap
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 6 ● Heaven's Gate Sport Sisters > Little Sister Spire
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 45 ● Me and My Monkey Sport Upper Crust
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 155 ● Subterranean Tango Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 144 ● Stupendous Man Sport Discovery Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 16 ● Limp At Last Sport Back Door
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 13 ● Racing Stripes Trad Discovery Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 43 ● Sound Chaser Sport Upper Crust
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a A0 4 ● Regular Route Sport, Aid Hatchet
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 32 ● Ali Baba Sport Camel
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 11 ● Get a Grip Sport Frog
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 6 ● Holiday Ordeal TR Discovery Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 18 ● Love Line Sport 2 pitches Hand
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 117 ● Cantaloupe of Death Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 27 ● Relayer Sport Upper Crust
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R 21 ● Hard Variation Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 21 ● Castles Made of Sand Sport Upper Crust
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 7 ● Split Infinity Sport Yaks > Yaks Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 37 ● Rat Face TR Tourist Trap
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R 60 ● The Big Pucker Trad, Sport Discovery Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 63 ● Hawaiian Noises Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 8 ● Heat Seeking Moisture Missle Sport Moses Springs Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R 21 ● Pistol Whipped Sport Discovery Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 45 ● Broken Arrow Sport Discovery Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 8 ● Cross Your Heart Sport Tiburcio's X
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 4 ● Jorgie's Continuation Trad Discovery Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 179 ● Post Orgasmic Depression(AKA P.O… Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 27 ● Rocket in My Pocket Sport Monolith > N Face
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 28 ● Between a Rock and a Hard Place Sport Discovery Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 23 ● Buffalo Soldier Trad Discovery Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Richnak's Revenge Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 7 ● Lower North Face Sport Monolith > N Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 78 ● Foreplay Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 26 ● Cosmos Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 15 ● Mammary Pump Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 116 ● The Verdict (direct) Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 22 ● Auto Cream AKA Sunwheel Sport Back Door
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 26 ● Lithium Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 25 ● Pickpocket Sport Tourist Trap
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 5 ● Broken Arrow (Direct) Sport, TR Discovery Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 75 ● Feed the Beast Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 4 ● Sticky Monkey Sport High Peaks Trail > Voyeur Wall
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a 31 ● Power Point Sport Discovery Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 10 ● The Black Dagger Sport Monolith > S Face
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13 12 ● Cantaloupe of Death Direct Sport Monolith > E Face
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 11 ● Future Shock Sport Monolith > N Face
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 30 ● Cataract Corner Sport Monolith > N Face
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 9 ● Miscegenation Sport Monolith > S Face
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 8 ● Forty Days of Rain Trad Discovery Wall
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 5 ● Trial Sport Discovery Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 4 ● The Vigilante Sport Back Door
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 12 ● Ranger Bolts (aka Move over Rover) Sport Monolith > W Face
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 22 ● Hot Lava Lucy Sport Monolith > E Face
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 12 ● Lardbutt Sport Monolith > N Face
5.14a/b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 4 ● West of the Sun Sport Monolith > W Face

● Center Route

Sisters > First Sister

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Trad

● Regular Route

High Peaks Trail > Pipsqueak Pinnacle

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c R Trad

● Left Route

Sisters > First Sister

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad

● Portent

Discovery Wall

178

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R Trad, TR

● Swallow Crack

Discovery Wall

118

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, Sport

● Sinbad

Teaching Rock

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport, TR

● The Cleft

Discovery Wall

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad

● The Unmentionable

High Peaks Trail > Unmentionable

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 Trad

● Salathe Route

Hand

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R Trad 2 pitches

● Direct Route

Monolith > E Face

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X Trad

● Wave Rider AKA Merry Cranks…

Monolith > E Face

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R Trad

● Lost Sister

Sisters > First Sister

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad

● Rat Race

Tourist Trap

140

5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c Trad, TR

● Ordeal

Discovery Wall

146

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Nailbox Crack

Discovery Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Lost Horizons

Discovery Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Sinbad Direct

Teaching Rock

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport, TR

● Regular Route

Monolith > E Face

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 Trad 2 pitches

● The Fast Lane

Frog

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Mr. Hugh G.Rection

Back Door

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Southwest Face Right

Gerties Pinnacle

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Liebacker's Lullaby

Yaks > Yaks Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches

● Wee Little One

Tourist Trap

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Feather Canyon

Condor Gulch > Feather Canyon

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 Trad, Sport 9 pitches

● Thrill Hammer

Tourist Trap

124

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Sport

● Organ Grinder

Upper Crust

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Fly By

Discovery Wall

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR

● The Wet Kiss

Discovery Wall

215

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport, TR

● Coyote Ugly

Tiburcio's X

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Jorgie's Crack

Discovery Wall

103

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Erectile Dysfunction

High Peaks Trail > Unmentionable

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● Bye-Bye Fly-By

Discovery Wall

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R Trad, TR

● The Long and The Short of It

Tourist Trap

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Heaven's Gate

Sisters > Little Sister Spire

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● Me and My Monkey

Upper Crust

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport

● Subterranean Tango

Monolith > E Face

155

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R Sport

● Stupendous Man

Discovery Wall

144

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Limp At Last

Back Door

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Racing Stripes

Discovery Wall

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Sound Chaser

Upper Crust

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Regular Route

Hatchet

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a A0 Sport, Aid

● Ali Baba

Camel

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Get a Grip

Frog

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Holiday Ordeal

Discovery Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b TR

● Love Line

Hand

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport 2 pitches

● Cantaloupe of Death

Monolith > E Face

117

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Relayer

Upper Crust

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Hard Variation

Monolith > E Face

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R Sport

● Castles Made of Sand

Upper Crust

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Split Infinity

Yaks > Yaks Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Rat Face

Tourist Trap

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b TR

● The Big Pucker

Discovery Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Trad, Sport

● Hawaiian Noises

Monolith > E Face

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Sport

● Heat Seeking Moisture Missle

Moses Springs Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Sport

● Pistol Whipped

Discovery Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Sport

● Broken Arrow

Discovery Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport

● Cross Your Heart

Tiburcio's X

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport

● Jorgie's Continuation

Discovery Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 Trad

● Post Orgasmic Depression(AK…

Monolith > E Face

179

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Rocket in My Pocket

Monolith > N Face

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Between a Rock and a Hard P…

Discovery Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Buffalo Soldier

Discovery Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad

● Richnak's Revenge

Monolith > E Face

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Lower North Face

Monolith > N Face