American Choss Classics

Michael Schneiter wrote:Notch Peak would fit the bill of being both chossy and classic.

+1 Notch peak, makes cannon cliff feel like sport climbing

Bump for classic unprotectable death choss. Organ Rock, 20 miles west of Monument Valley. Maybe not the most classic but possibly the chossiest? To my knowledge hasn't been repeated since John Middendorf and Walt Shipley climbed it free at 5.10 XXX(R&I story sans photos on bigwalls.net). Agathla, appears solid in comparison. Also, Tooth Rock doesn't belong on a choss list if you do the MSTS route. There are some loose sections up high but it's surprisingly solid and type 1 fun. 

Standing Rock, Island in the sky, Utah gets my vote.

All of Maple canyon is a choss pile, but it yields incredibly fun and classic routes

Kirk Miller wrote:Standing Rock, Island in the sky, Utah gets my vote.

I wouldn't call Standing Rock choss, although it is classic. It's cleaner than many routes in Rifle. But, if the whole tower toppled then it would be choss.

I love Crusher's description , one of the best route descriptions ever.

"you can lean over the void below and envisage the scene should the whole tower topple. If it did, it would fall south, and the climbers would be left with a few seconds of quiet contemplation and a whistle of the wind, before the end. Maybe, just before the tower hit the ground, if you jumped up with enough force, you could actually land unhurt on the debris."

Zion NP. Super chossy, not worth the approach ;)

That stuff all looks splitter compared to what we have close to Anchorage AK. mountainproject.com/v/jaws-… mountainproject.com/v/grung… mountainproject.com/v/sewar…

A route or two completely falls off every spring but we keep coming back for more!

Martin le Roux wrote:Do you want to know about routes N of the 49th parallel? There's this area called the Canadian Rockies I could tell you about.

We have a lot of solid stuff up here... but no shortage of choss either. In some of the areas there's a running joke that if you find a hold you like, take it with you. You might be able to use it later.