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Banana Belt
5.10,
Trad, 60 ft (18 m),
Avg: 3.3 from 4
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FA: Wayne Wallace, Robert McGown, 2-89
Oregon
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Access Issue: Seasonal Peregrine Closure
Details
The park closes on February 1st and remains closed until July 15th to protect nesting peregrine falcons. Their annual nesting spot is on the Shining Wall, though they can be heard year-round. Please respect the closure and DO NOT CLIMB AT MADRONE WALL BETWEEN FEB 1st AND JULY 15th. Updates to the status of the park will posted on Clackamas County Park's website -
clackamas.us/parks/madronew… - and on the Madrone Wall Preservation Committee facebook page -
facebook.com/madronewall/.
Description
Start up a thin crack right next to a madrone tree (it's on). This ends at a chunky section (gear here). Get hand jams behind the flake then make an awkward pull onto the ledge. This is shared with Beginner's Luck - you could approach the route from this start. Step left and up into the dihedral, following a flake and edges up to the first bolt. Step right around the roof, finding gear in the corner. Step back left along small crimps, make tenuous moves to jugs above, then pull a heady mantel onto a ledge. Climb the brief corner and step left onto the small stance at the anchor shared with Cloudwalker.
Location
Just right of the Shining Wall's main area, next to a clump of madrone trees growing close to the wall
Protection
Gear to 2", 3 bolts, anchor with rap rings
Portland, OR
Another correction to the information in the description: Coudwalker does not share anchors with this route. Cloudwaler’s anchor is higher and slightly to the left, not visible from below. Oct 22, 2023
Good to know the route goes without the tree though. Just don’t fall into it. Oct 22, 2023
Portland, OR