Mountain Project: Climbing Index Town Walls

Just a few steps away from the parking lot, the Lower Wall is where most people will be on a nice day in the summer. There are easier routes on the Great Northern Slab as well as more difficult routes and aid routes on the Main Wall and The Country. The Lower Wall is generally very nice when it is sunny. The trees provide shade for the lower portions of routes and always for the belayer.

Getting There

Once you cross the train tracks, go a little left and find the trail that heads up towards the wall. The part of the trail that turns right traverses the most of the Lower Wall.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Lower Wall:

Great Northern Slab 5.7+ Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II Great Northern Slab

Aires 5.8+ Trad, 5 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II Great Northern Slab

Godzilla 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch Main Wall

GM Route 5.9 Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II The Country

Princely Ambitions 5.9 Trad, 2 pitches, Grade II Main Wall

Breakfast of Champions 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Great Northern Slab

Sagittarius 5.10a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Main Wall

Zoom 5.10d Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Country

Cunning Stunt 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet The Country

Sloe Children 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Main Wall

Dr. Sniff and the Tuna Boaters 5.10d Trad Main Wall

Thin Fingers 5.11a Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet Main Wall

Heart of the Country 5.11b Trad, 3 pitches The Country

Shirley 5.11b/c Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Main Wall

Climax Control 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch The Country

Wham 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch The Country

Model Worker 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet Main Wall

Kite Flying Blind 5.11c Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet The Country

Japanese Gardens 5.11+ Trad, 1 pitch, 200 feet Main Wall

Iron Horse 5.11d Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet Main Wall

Featured Route For Lower Wall

Unknown climber doing the 10a variation to Godzilla. The standard route cruises up and around the right side of the flake.

Godzilla 5.9 WA : Index Town Walls : ... : Main Wall

Another Index classic. Godzilla technically has second and third pitches, but these are rarely climbed. Godzilla is the crack/corner system immediately right of City Park (5.13c), a fairly obvious landmark. Either start on the 10a bolt ladder of City Park and step right, or start over to the right and climb the face straight up to the crack system. Continue up the crack system and then traverse left along some ledges up to a bolted belay/rap stat...[more] Browse More Classics in WA

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Lower Wall

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Getting There

The Classics