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MTA

Name: MTA
Rating: 1.8

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in 6. The Lower East Side

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	Ain’t no Wade T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Avenue of the Immigrants S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Bacon Egg and Cheese T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Bowery Boys, The S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Brooklyn Bridge Bends, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Done with the City S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Finger Locks and Bagels T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Funkytown S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Hope is a Discipline T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Inside Out S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Katz Direct Finish T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Katz's Deli T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Mighty T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	MTA T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Ratu Ratu T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Tribeca T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Twinkle Toes S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unnamed T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, 165 ft (50 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	39.50337, -105.36885
FA:	H. Barbare and R. Laird, ~2019
Page Views:	78 total · 5/month
Shared By:	Bluedirt on Oct 26, 2024
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Closure: Fire Mitigation Details

Per: Zach Taylor #656, Park Manager, Staunton State Park

Starting September 30, 2025 through October 31 the following crags will be closed 7 days a week (per ryan laird) (not Monday through Friday) while forest fire mitigation work is under way:

- Dines Cliff
- Reynolds Wall
- The Raven

The Mason Creek Trail will be closed and a helicopter will be assisting the mitigation operations.

Access Issue: Falcon Closures Details

Seasonal Falcon Closures in effect from March 15 - July 31.

- Lion's Head
- Roughneck Area
- Wildcatter Wall

Note that the annual closures of the Park View Dome, The Ranch Hand, Black Creek Wall, and Sawmill Crag have been permanently lifted. These cliffs will continue to be monitored, but will only close if a new nest is spotted.

Seasonal Falcon closures in effect from March 15 - July 31. - Lion's Head (not pictured). - Roughneck Area. There are no closures at Staunton Rocks.

Description

This route may feel a little more alpine. It will utilize more of your routefinding and rope drag management skills. The gully near the top of the first pitch may continue to shed some sand and gravel

The first pitch (5.7, ~100 feet): climb up the left side of a ~15 foot-wide, slabby boulder to reach a left-facing, open book (the right side of the boulder can be climbed for a harder alternate start). There are also variations near the open book. Gain hand cracks leading up to a one move, major offwidth corner. True offwidth climbing is unnecessary, as the crack is in a right-facing dihedral with excellent face climbing and ledges. Above the offwidth, continue up the corner, then trend right across low angle terrain past a ridge of rock to gain the slabby ledge in the 10' wide gully. A few moves up a short face (on the right side of the gully) past one bolt allows you to reach the first anchors.

The second pitch (5.5): follow a low angled arete with small gear (one bolt) to reach a second set of anchors.

An article referencing route name reference: You Can Always Just Hike.

Location

This route starts on the left side of a slabby boulder. An alternate start is on the right side of the large boulder/slab underneath/beside a small cave.