Does anyone know if there are access issues regarding climbing the easy slab to the right and below the main face at Mt. Yonah?

It looks like 150'-200' of barely 5th class climbing broken up by trees with a good looking clean face at the top.

Any information on the climbing in this section is much appreciated.

are you talking about White Wall?

No access issues. Not worth dragging any gear over there though.

I know white wall well. What I'm referring to is to the right of white wall. Most of the rock looks too low angle to be much fun, but there is a top section that looks possibly steep enough to be interesting.

Thanks Daniel. I'm going with two novice climbers who I think will just enjoy walking up the slab. If any of it turns out to be decent I'll post pics.

The lowers are perfect for novice climbers. Easy top rope set up and can be lead very easy. I think route 1 is like a 5.5 or 5.6 and well protected. If you run into something new let us know. Yonah is not my favorite place but is close to home

Then I must be missing out on all the good stuff. I thought most of the main face was multi pitch and trad. I personally would not want to put a novice on either

The Lowers aren't horrible for a newb but the climbing (though easy) can be a little awkward. It is the easiest to walk to though. The colored routes and the numbered balance climb routes on the main face are much more straightforward for both a newbie and a teacher. Multi pitch trad is stretching it a bit, though there are routes where you can do it (Balance Climb 9). There's a lot of routes on the Main Face where you can easily lead up to the Army Cable or just follow it up from the ground and set up a top rope. I've seen a lot of first timers on the colored routes and the balance climbs.

The Balance climb area is Trad. If you want to set up a top rope, you can climb up the cable to get to the anchors.

If you're talking about the slab directly below the army orange route, it's worth toproping but it's not a gear placement treasure house.

To answer the original question, there are no access issues practically anywhere on Mt Yonah. Climb where you want to. That said I know which slabs you're talking about. I've thought about them but figured it wasn't worth the effort. There are several other easy slabs directly below the main face. I've also consider some easy looking slab just up and right from the Lowers. Crowder's topo's on coolclimbing.com can help you find the easy slabs if you want. Personally I prefer setting up a TR on one of the cable routes if I'm taking a total beginner.

Thanks Mark,

That's a great site.