Big holds on steep, solid, north-facing limestone. The rock is weathered and textured in places, and water-smoothed down low. The wall is pleasantly cool because of both the north-facing aspect and because of the deciduous trees shading the rock.
A good summer crag because of shade, Low Tide isn't usable during spring when Rock Canyon Creek is running because the routes start in the creek bed.
Getting There
From the parking lot hike east along the trail until you are about to reach the first bridge that crosses the stream bed (about 20 minutes). Instead of crossing the bridge stay right and walk along the stream bed, passing a gully on the right (that leads to The Wild, The Zoo, Treasure Island, etc.
After the gully Low Tide is the wall on your right with the black area of rock near the bottom.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Low Tide:
If there's a crowd at The Wild, just walk down around the corner into the stream bed (usually dry) for these three fun routes. You won't be disappointed.
The nice thing about this whole general area is now the volume of good moderate climbs here. No longer can someone say that there just aren't enough moderate climbs in the limestone to make the hike worth it. Start your day at the wild in the shade and when if the sun gets too warm in the afternoon move around to this wall. After that you have the Zoo, The Galaxy Area, and the Hidden Wall all within an easy walk.
I'm not gonna lie, I am rather bitter that you guys beat us to drilling these routes :) In my opinion, the "5.7" is good, the one with the Dr. Seuss name (Syzygy) is better, and Bay of Fundy is the best. The rock reminds me of the rock on the left side of the Hidden Wall--dark and solid with big, horizontal holds. Fun area!
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