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Emla area Rock Climbing

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Routes in Emla area

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	Deceivious S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Emla S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
	Grace Under Pressure T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Jesus Christ Superstar S 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Theater Of Pain S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c

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Elevation:	1,750 ft
GPS:	36.37856, -80.28675 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Tall more broken wall on the east end of the mountain. Sports some hard lines into the 5.13 range and a couple of good 5.11's. Many easy 2 pitch lines would be possible for those looking to pioneer some new terrain. The main area, which is a dihedral/buttress, faces southwest.

Emla wall is the right side of the "book" that forms the Cookbook area. The rock on Emla Wall has cleaned up well, and features phenomenal climbing, with several 5 star routes with wild, powerful climbing that isn't often found. Well worth doing all of these routes, even if 5.10b isn't normally something you bother with!

This cliff is absolutely worth the hike in, don't miss out!

Getting There

Follow the climbers trail from the cut-off to the left about 100' past House Rock on Cooks Wall Trail (see GPS trail on map for exact trail).

Follow this faint climbers trail as it drops down to the cliff line past a few smaller 50' cliffs and keep going until you are looking up at the amazing, steep and intimidating Cookbook area. Emla Wall starts on the initial spine on the right, and the steep overhang around the left corner is the main Emla Wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Emla area

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 15 ● Grace Under Pressure Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 26 ● Deceivious Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 15 ● Theater Of Pain Sport
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 7 ● Jesus Christ Superstar Sport