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Classic Climbs for Summersville Lake (main)

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

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All Routes Trad Sport Boulder Ice / Mixed
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
 32
● On Top of the Milky Whale
Sport
Long Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 62
● Unnamed Crack 5.6
Trad
Orange Oswald Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 575
● Hippie Dreams
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
 224
● That Eight
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 192
● Sniff the Drill
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 197
● Jeff's Bunny Hop
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 7
● Bushman
Trad
Narcissus Cave
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 27
● Climb On
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 145
● Souled Out
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 105
● Lickety Split
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 107
● The Hell With That
Trad
Orange Oswald Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 57
● Ragged Reaction
Sport
Long Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 13
● Just Say No
Trad
Orange Oswald Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 5
● Bad Hair Day
Trad
Satisfaction Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 43
● That Nine
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
 10
● Retired Monk
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 281
● Menace Alert
Sport
Long Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 300
● Chunko Goes Bowling
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 238
● Fabulous Groupies
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 29
● Locumba
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 463
● Orange Oswald
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 387
● She got the Bosch, I got Drilled
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 7
● Unnamed SL 7
Trad
Pirate's Cove
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 34
● Clown School
Sport
Circus Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 152
● Trigger Happy
Sport
Gun Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 65
● The Great Reefer Barrier
Trad
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 36
● Momia Peruana
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 14
● Piscosouer
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 68
● Make Way...
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 226
● Chewy
Sport
Long Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 78
● All Ears aka Armed and Dangerous
Sport
Gun Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 44
● Scoot Your Muffin
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 192
● Flight Path
Sport
Long Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 115
● Orange Express
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 44
● Useless Beauty
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 17
● ZoÅ›ka
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 11
● Fontanero
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 67
● Stick 'em Up
Sport
Gun Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 223
● Strong Arming the Little Guy
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 109
● Voodoo Surfing
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 97
● Gun Lust
Sport
Gun Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 194
● Baby With A Nail Gun
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 28
● Tequila Maria
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 67
● Moon Pie Deluxe
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 147
● Going Ballistic
Sport
Long Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 25
● In the Line of Fire
Sport
Gun Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 20
● No Refund
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 50
● How 'Bout Them Apples aka Gunned…
Sport
Gun Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 73
● Do It
Sport
Gun Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 26
● Indian Summer
Trad
Pirate's Cove
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 9
● Unnamed, 5.11a
Sport
Circus Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 50
● Minimum Overdrive
Sport
Long Wall
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 435
● Satisfaction Guaranteed
Sport
Satisfaction Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 103
● Process of Elimination
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 86
● Delayed Stress Syndrome
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 117
● Barfing Butterflies
Sport
Orange Oswald Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 36
● No Way, Jose'
Sport
Long Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 6
● Overboard
Sport
Circus Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 17
● Calico Jack
Sport
Circus Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 26
● Fifty Fifty
Sport
Long Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 14
● The Route of All Evil
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 37
● Spice
Sport
Long Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 127
● Maximum Overdrive
Sport
Long Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 26
● Smilin' Jack
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
 80
● Mutiny
Sport
Pirate's Cove
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 287
● Under the Milky Way
Sport
Long Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 59
● Flirting with E
Sport
Long Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 51
● Six Dollars a.k.a. Hot and Bothered
Sport
Long Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 19
● Simple Minds
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 339
● Narcissus
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 12
● Spider Needs a Thesaurus (Dinosa…
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 16
● The Contortionist
Sport
Circus Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 18
● Psycho Babble
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 186
● Reckless Abandon
Sport
Coliseum
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 11
● Vaseline Vision
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 134
● Tobacco Road
Sport
Coliseum
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 18
● Obitchuary
Sport
Coliseum
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 65
● Ly'n and Stealin'
Sport
Circus Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 19
● Trapezius
Sport
Circus Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b V4+ 6B+
 106
● Animal Logic
Sport, Boulder
DC Memorial Boulder
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 8
● High Wire Act
Sport
Circus Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 10
● Angle of Attack
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 54
● Narcissus Direct
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 4
● Surfer Rosa
Sport
Coliseum
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 5
● Ectomorph Arete
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 126
● Apollo Reed
Sport
Coliseum
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 8
● Pro-Vision
Sport
DC Memorial Boulder
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
 32
● The Mercy Seat
Sport
Coliseum
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
 66
● Pod
Sport
Coliseum
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
 7
● Suicide Blonde
Sport
Narcissus Cave
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
 12
● BC
Sport
Coliseum
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
 4
● Metz Hill Parking
Sport
Coliseum
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b
 4
● Still Life
Sport
Coliseum
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● On Top of the Milky Whale Long Wall
 32
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a Sport
● Unnamed Crack 5.6 Orange Oswald Wall
 62
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad
● Hippie Dreams Orange Oswald Wall
 575
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
● That Eight Narcissus Cave
 224
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c Sport
● Sniff the Drill Narcissus Cave
 192
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
● Jeff's Bunny Hop Narcissus Cave
 197
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
● Bushman Narcissus Cave
 7
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
● Climb On DC Memorial Boulder
 27
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Souled Out Orange Oswald Wall
 145
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Lickety Split Satisfaction Wall
 105
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● The Hell With That Orange Oswald Wall
 107
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Ragged Reaction Long Wall
 57
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Just Say No Orange Oswald Wall
 13
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Bad Hair Day Satisfaction Wall
 5
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● That Nine Narcissus Cave
 43
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
● Retired Monk Satisfaction Wall
 10
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 Sport
● Menace Alert Long Wall
 281
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
● Chunko Goes Bowling Orange Oswald Wall
 300
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
● Fabulous Groupies Orange Oswald Wall
 238
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
● Locumba Narcissus Cave
 29
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
● Orange Oswald Orange Oswald Wall
 463
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● She got the Bosch, I got Dr… Orange Oswald Wall
 387
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Unnamed SL 7 Pirate's Cove
 7
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
● Clown School Circus Wall
 34
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Trigger Happy Gun Wall
 152
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● The Great Reefer Barrier Orange Oswald Wall
 65
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
● Momia Peruana Orange Oswald Wall
 36
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Piscosouer Satisfaction Wall
 14
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Make Way... Satisfaction Wall
 68
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Chewy Long Wall
 226
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● All Ears aka Armed and Dang… Gun Wall
 78
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Scoot Your Muffin Orange Oswald Wall
 44
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Flight Path Long Wall
 192
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Orange Express Orange Oswald Wall
 115
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Useless Beauty Satisfaction Wall
 44
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● ZoÅ›ka Orange Oswald Wall
 17
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Fontanero Orange Oswald Wall
 11
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Stick 'em Up Gun Wall
 67
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Strong Arming the Little Guy Orange Oswald Wall
 223
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Voodoo Surfing Orange Oswald Wall
 109
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Gun Lust Gun Wall
 97
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Baby With A Nail Gun Orange Oswald Wall
 194
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Tequila Maria Satisfaction Wall
 28
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Moon Pie Deluxe Orange Oswald Wall
 67
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Going Ballistic Long Wall
 147
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● In the Line of Fire Gun Wall
 25
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● No Refund Satisfaction Wall
 20
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● How 'Bout Them Apples aka G… Gun Wall
 50
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Do It Gun Wall
 73
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● Indian Summer Pirate's Cove
 26
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
● Unnamed, 5.11a Circus Wall
 9
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● Minimum Overdrive Long Wall
 50
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● Satisfaction Guaranteed Satisfaction Wall
 435
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Process of Elimination DC Memorial Boulder
 103
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Delayed Stress Syndrome DC Memorial Boulder
 86
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Barfing Butterflies Orange Oswald Wall
 117
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● No Way, Jose' Long Wall
 36
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Overboard Circus Wall
 6
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Calico Jack Circus Wall
 17
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Fifty Fifty Long Wall
 26
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● The Route of All Evil DC Memorial Boulder
 14
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Spice Long Wall
 37
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● Maximum Overdrive Long Wall
 127
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● Smilin' Jack Narcissus Cave
 26
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● Mutiny Pirate's Cove
 80
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Sport
● Under the Milky Way Long Wall
 287
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Flirting with E Long Wall
 59
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Six Dollars a.k.a. Hot and… Long Wall
 51
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Simple Minds Narcissus Cave
 19
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Narcissus Narcissus Cave
 339
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Spider Needs a Thesaurus (D… DC Memorial Boulder
 12
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● The Contortionist Circus Wall
 16
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Psycho Babble DC Memorial Boulder
 18
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Reckless Abandon Coliseum
 186
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
● Vaseline Vision DC Memorial Boulder
 11
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
● Tobacco Road Coliseum
 134
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
● Obitchuary Coliseum
 18
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Ly'n and Stealin' Circus Wall
 65
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Trapezius Circus Wall
 19
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Animal Logic DC Memorial Boulder
 106
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b V4+ 6B+ Sport, Boulder
● High Wire Act Circus Wall
 8
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
● Angle of Attack DC Memorial Boulder
 10
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
● Narcissus Direct Narcissus Cave
 54
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
● Surfer Rosa Coliseum
 4
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
● Ectomorph Arete Narcissus Cave
 5
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
● Apollo Reed Coliseum
 126
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
● Pro-Vision DC Memorial Boulder
 8
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
● The Mercy Seat Coliseum
 32
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport
● Pod Coliseum
 66
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport
● Suicide Blonde Narcissus Cave
 7
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport
● BC Coliseum
 12
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a Sport
● Metz Hill Parking Coliseum
 4
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a Sport
● Still Life Coliseum
 4
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b Sport

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