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Select Area... Backwater Wall Barkeater Cliff, The Beer Walls Chapel Pond Slab Creature Wall, The Hurricane Crag Jewels and Gems King Wall, The Lower Washbowl Cliffs Rooster Comb Mtn Shipton's Arete Spanky's Area Spider's Web, The Tanager Face Tilman's Arete Typhoon Wall Upper Washbowl Cliff White Water Walls |
Views of Upper and Lower Washbowl, Creature Walls ... DescriptionHome to the greatest concentration of climbs in the Adirondacks. The rock here is anorthosite - an unusual rock in that it's relatively rare, and is formed in ways that scientists don't fully understand. We call it "granite" - more to the point, exfoliating granite. Getting ThereTake I-87 North to Exit 30 (way the heck up there); make a right at the end of the exit ramp, and start looking around. You'll come upon Chapel Pond, Emperor Slab, and a few others in short order. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Keene Valley Region:
Empress 5.5 X Trad, 7 pitches, 865 feet Chapel Pond Slab
Regular Route 5.5 PG13 Trad, 8 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II Chapel Pond Slab
North Country Club Crack 5.6 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Jewels and Gems
Labatt-Ami 5.7 Trad, 2 pitches, 100 feet Beer Walls
Tilman's Arete 5.7 Trad, 2 pitches, 150 feet Tilman's Arete
Quadrophenia AKA Bara Bara 5.7+ PG13 Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade II Hurricane Crag
Mr. Clean 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet The Barkeater Cliff
Rockaholic 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Beer Walls
Partition 5.9 Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet Upper Washbowl Cliff
Frosted Mug 5.9 Trad, 90 feet Beer Walls
Slim Pickins 5.9+ Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
Flying & Drinking and Drinking & Driving 5.10a PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Beer Walls
Esthesia 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
On The Loose 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
TR 5.10a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet The Spider's Web
Drop, Fly, or Die 5.11a Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley 5.11b Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
It's Only Entertainment 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Spider's Web
Zabba 5.13a PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Spider's Web
Wheelin N' Dealin 5.13c R Trad, 100 feet The Spider's Web
Featured Route For Keene Valley Region
 Slim Pickins follows the major right-facing corner on the left side of the cliff, and tests the climber's stemming skills for nearly the entire route. Start up the ramp and draw yourself into the corner. Stem your way up until you are right below a broken block and ledge--the routes technical crux. Finesse your way through the thin section, over the bulging block using a long reach to a jug, then rest. Finish up the corner that gobbles up gold Camalots, step left and surmount the ledge to th...[more] Browse More Classics in NY |
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