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Fall Wall

Submitted By: Scott Hansen on Nov 30, 1999
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Description 

This wall is predominately sport routes with a few mixed routes present. The climbing is slaby, the granite is good and the crystals prevalent. The Fall Wall gets a good amount of sun, which can be a good thing as it, sits at about 8000 feet. Most routes have two bolt rap anchors at the top. Some Must Do routes are 5.11 Crack (5.9+) and Cold Fingers to the Hole (5.7).


Getting There 

From the Vedauwoo main entrance ($3/car or free on foot) drive in and follow the signs to Box Canyon. There's a good number of parking spaces, water and restrooms. A paved trail leads out of the North end of the parking area. Follow this trail a short distance until a path cutting left to the rock is found. A bouldery approach is unavoidable and the wall is best gained by scrambling up at its right most edge. Ah hell, you can see all the routes from the parking lot. Just follow your nose.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Fall Wall:
E.O. Lieback   5.5     Trad   
E.O. Friction   5.5     Sport   
Hole   5.7     Trad   
Cold Finger   5.7     Sport, 1 pitch   
5.11 Crack   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch   
Fall Wall (*the route)   5.10a     Trad, Sport   
Drop Zone   5.10a     Sport, TR, 1 pitch   
Gunga Din   5.11a     Sport   
Spider God   5.11b R     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet   
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Luebben contemplating the crux move on Fall Wall.

Fall Wall (*the route) 5.10a  WY : Vedauwoo : Fall Wall
It gets better each time I climb it, a definite sign of a Vedauwoo Classic. Essentially the last route left (facing the rock) accessed from the top of the Clam Shell, it begins with an unprotected 30' traverse to a flake/pocket where a shakey #3 Camalot can be placed. Then its up thin edges past three bolts. The concensus is the crux comes after the 3rd bolt - before placing a #1 Camalot in an undercling/crack. Mount the small ove...[more]   Browse More Classics in WY


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FALL WALL APPROACH: Fall Wall with the "clamshell" in the foreground. The best way to access the easier middle routes on the Fall Wall is to hike to the clamshell's left side, then walk to the back and hike right underneath the clamshell. The clamshell is actually a giant rock that is leaning up against the fall wall forming an arch/cave underneath. As you exit the right side of the cave, under the clamshell, you must climb up some boulders to the base of the fall wall beneath the "Coldfinger" route. It's mostly easy boulder hopping, but requires one 5.4 move up and over the last slick boulder.

BETA PHOTO: FALL WALL APPROACH: Fall Wall with the "clamshell...

Base of the Fall Wall below EO Lieback, EO Friction and Coldfinger. Access to these climbs is by climbing up some boulders below the red arrow in the photo.

BETA PHOTO: Base of the Fall Wall below EO Lieback, EO Frictio...


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By Skip Harper
From: Ft. Collins, CO
Oct 6, 2001

If you can't or won't fork over for the guidebook, or your buddies are short on beta for Fall Wall, take a look at www.vedauwoo.org/fall_wall.htm for an up to date topo.