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Elevation: 7,800 ft
GPS: 37.41682, -119.47088
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Shared By: G Halsne on Jun 6, 2016
Admins: Cory B, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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A beautiful wall with a great concentration of sport routes from 5.9 to 11.d Some routes are purely clipping while others require a few pieces of added gear. Overall a fabulous collection of routes and a must visit area if you are visiting the Chilkoot lake area.

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Walk the north end of the lake till you find a large clearing/ campsite with a fire ring about 200 feet from the lake. There is a trail that leads up the hillside left of some slabs, well marked by cairns. Follow the broken trail towards the hidden large walls to the right and work your way up and right passing Quarter Day dome and Christmas Wall finally ending up at the Magic wall. A good landmark if you find yourself bush whacking is the striking plated arete that is " Hocus Pocus Arete" which divides the west and south wall of the Magic Wall... Another landmark would be a massive dead tree about 30 feet tall that sits 15 feet fro the main/south wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Magic Wall

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 14
Hocus Pocus Arete
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 13
House of Cards
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 5
Mind Over Matter
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 9
Alacazam
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 11
Slight of Hand
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 6
Trickster
Trad
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 8
Houdini
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 11
Illusionist
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Hocus Pocus Arete
 14
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
House of Cards
 13
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Mind Over Matter
 5
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Alacazam
 9
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Slight of Hand
 11
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Trickster
 6
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
Houdini
 8
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Illusionist
 11
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
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