Keyhole Cliff area  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  1,000' Lat, Long:  41.7364, -74.1909 Map Page Views:  8,141. Good page?    Administrators:  JSH, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Anthony Baraff on Aug 8, 2009 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

BETA PHOTO: The Keyhole Cliff area: 1. ?Clune Crank (V1)?...

Description 

The Keyhole area is the first band of cliff that you find directly abutting the Undercliff Road as you walk north from the Trapps bridge. There are a number of great warm-ups intermingled with classic not-to-be-missed problems. Named for the 5.7 trad off-width crack climb and its two variations (5.9, 5.9+), all three of which are worthwhile V0s. Highlights in the area include the Gill Egg (V4), Clune Crank (V1), Gill Crack (V2), Dirty White Boys and Puerto Ricans (V7) and the Gill Pinch Roof (V4).

Getting There 

Walk three minutes north on the Undercliff Road from the Trapps Bridge.

The Classics

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The Gill Egg (AKA Gill’s Route) V4  NY : The Gunks : ... : Keyhole Cliff area

Are all of John Gill’s routes this good, or did he have the good sense to only attach his name to the classics? I guess it doesn’t matter; as is the case with the other problems that bear his name in this area, this is a must do. Start on the rock below the egg. Work your hands up to the small incut holds on the lip of the egg. Climb to the top. If only it were that easy!...[more]   Browse More Classics in NY

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BETA PHOTO: The Far left side of the Keyhole Cliff area: 1. Th...	Tyler at the crux of Dirty White Boys and Puerto R...	Sticking the toss on The Gill Egg