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The Main Wall is a beautiful swath of stone which is heavily accented with bright lichen, and stunning water streaks. This is the highest wall in the canyon, and the lines here are long, aesthetic, and exposed. Some of the best air on Elden guarunteed.

There is a fine collection of 5.10s, a couple of good 5.11s, and an excellent grouping of 5.12s. With the addition of the route, Man on the Moon, one can easily access the anchors on several of the harder routes for hanging draws, cleaning holds, or retrieving gear. Conditions can turn on a dime edge up here. However, if the sun is shining, and the air is cool, this crag is a good opportunity to get above, and away from it all without having to leave town.

The Main Wall
The Main Wall
Submitted By: JJ Schlick on Feb 8, 2012

Main Wall, Higher Solitude
Main Wall, Higher Solitude
Submitted By: JJ Schlick on Mar 6, 2012


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The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Main Wall:
Man On the Moon   5.10-     Sport, 4 pitches, 350 feet   
Lucky Old Sun   5.10+     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Whiplash   5.11     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
A Faint Horizon   5.12-     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Solitaire   5.12-     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Holy Roller   5.12     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Continental Drift   5.12+     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Manhandling the Black Diamond hold.

Solitaire 5.12-  AZ : Northern Arizona : ... : Main Wall
For the grade, Solitaire stands out as one of flagstaff's more classic sport routes, and one of the most beautiful...Start by small pine tree on the right side of the squaty pillar, just up hill from Man on the Moon. Surf through a large weakness, via jugs, to the first bulge. Eye your footholds on the right, below the bulge, because they will disappear all too quickly as you start to move up. Clever stemming, a hand jam, and a little laybacking (there are a hundred ways to do these moves, bu...[more]   Browse More Classics in AZ


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By JJ Schlick
Administrator
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Dec 31, 2011

The Main Wall is now 60 Meter friendly. I dropped Solitaire's anchor to 100', which now makes Man on the Moon a 60 Meter friendly line as well. Enjoy.

By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 16, 2012

What is the crack line left of Whiplash and the hangerless route left of that?

By JJ Schlick
Administrator
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 16, 2012

The hangerless line was put up when I added all the other original hard lines up here. After having some strong folks on it, we thought it might be .13+. However, for the grade, I don't think it is all that good, which is disappointing because aesthetically it is a striking line. That, and the bolts are in the wrong places down low, and it did take some hammering to make some of the holds useable. Dacite is not a perfect medium. So I pulled the hangers and used them to establish Lucky Old Sun and parts of Man on the Moon, thinking they would be of more value there.

The "trad" line, which it isn't, is called the Assassin, and make no mistake, it will try to kill you. It is just a TR for now. The crack feature is terribly sharp, but you can actually climb through it on face holds. You can do an easy scamper over to the anchors from the Whiplash anchors. But, the bottom is not cleaned at all and is mostly sugar rock....

I did have a re"vision" of these lines lately, and might try to make something work to get at least one decent pitch out the these two. However, I have a handful of other more intriguing lines to do up there first.