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Elevation: 5,799 ft
GPS: 40.2645, -111.612
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Shared By: Perin Blanchard on Feb 12, 2006 · Updates
Admins: Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C
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Description Suggest change

Steep, shaded, limestone wall with a variety of bolted routes. The wall faces east and is shaded by numerous trees along the base.

A good crag for hot summer afternoons and evenings, the routes lie along two or three hundred yards of the east face of a limestone fin that reaches down to the streambed.

Getting There Suggest change

Proceed up the canyon to the first stream crossing (a small wooden bridge). Instead of crossing the bridge stay right along the edge of the stream bed. Continue past the gully on the right (approx. 100 feet from the crossing) and along the base of the wall at the right (south) of the stream bed . When the wall turns a corner and heads south you are at the north side of The Adjective.

Route List

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The routes following are listed from left-to-right (i.e, from uphill to downhill).

Top-most wall:
1. Hairy 5.9
2. Shaved 5.10c
3. Black 5.11d
4. Hard 5.10a
5. Twisted Tit 5.12b

Wall with triple-ledge system at base, bordered by a 15-foot evergreen on each side:
6. Mellifluous 5.12c
7. Punitive 5.12a
8. Lecherous 5.11b
9. Purulent 5.11a

Wall with double-ledge system, bordered by a 50-foot evergreen on each side:
10. project
11. Blackwater Porter 5.11b
12. 5.12a

Wall(s) closest to the stream bed:
13. Furious 5.11c
14. Vomit 5.10d
15. Idiotic 5.11d (one bolt variation from Vomit to Ferocious)
16. Ferocious 5.12b
17. Stinger 5.12c
18. Vexatious 5.12b
19. Vicarious 5.11b
20. Pink Bicycle 5.12a
21. Atrocious 5.11c

15 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Adjective

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 25
Hard
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 25
Shaved
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 7
Purulent
Sport
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 25
Vomit
Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 7
Lecherous
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 5
Atrocious
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 12
Vicarious
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 8
Idiotic
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 13
Black
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 6
Furious
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 31
Ferocious
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 4
Stinger
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Hard
 25
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Shaved
 25
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Purulent
 7
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Vomit
 25
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Lecherous
 7
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Atrocious
 5
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Vicarious
 12
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Idiotic
 8
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Black
 13
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Furious
 6
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Ferocious
 31
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Stinger
 4
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
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Routes Mostly Face: East

Mostly Shady All Day

Details: Tons of trees. Shady all day long.

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