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Holiday Block

Submitted By: saxfiend on Feb 2, 2007
Administrators: saxfiend, Brad Killough IV
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Description

The Holiday Block is another free-standing rock formation, just north of the Pinnacle. As with the Pinnacle, there's a good mix of sport and trad lines on all sides of the Holiday Block, and many can be set up as topropes.

Getting There

Same approach as for the Pinnacle.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Holiday Block:

My Dog Has Fleas 5.8+ Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Kennel Club 5.8+ Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Walking the Dog 5.9- Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Pump Handles 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Oyster 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Gravy Train 5.10a Trad, 75 feet

Pigs in Zen (Tuesday's Gone) 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Rabies 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet

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Larry gathers himself for a big move on Gravy Train.

Gravy Train 5.10a AL : Sand Rock : Holiday Block

Gravy Train starts in Alabama - climbing conglomerated flakes and pockets, but transports you to the Gunks - climbing great horizontals before finishing at a big horn....[more] Browse More Classics in AL

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Belaying at the Holiday block with a view of Lake ...	Paige on Kennel Club.	clipping bolts