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Hillbilly Hollow Climbing

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Elevation:	956 ft	291 m
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Description

Hillbilly Hollow is a nice little sandstone bluff hidden behind a wayside along highway 39/51 in central Wisconsin. It has also gone by the following names Pasamead (Psamead?) Hollow, Area 51 and Liberty Rocks. It is a quiet getaway sporting about a day's worth of climbing.

At "The Hollow" one will find both traditional and sport routes ranging in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13a. Two ultra-classic routes, Zig-zag Crack (5.10a Trad/TR) and Swiss Cheese (5.8 Sport/TR) make Hillbilly Hollow worth a stop if you are in the area.

Please be quiet and respectful when climbing here. DO NOT CLIMB ON WET SANDSTONE! Give the rock a day or preferably 2 to dry out after any soaking rain.

Getting There

To find the wayside (Rest Area 81) start out southbound on Highway 39/51 from the Highway 21 interchange or further north. (Note: if approaching from the south one has to drive 5 min. past the wayside exit at Highway 21 and return southbound.) The wayside is located at about mile marker 120 (approx. 7 miles north of Westfield exit 113).

Once in the wayside locate the shelter/bathrooms. Walk around the shelter on the left (east) side and locate a trail into the woods approx. 50 ft southeast of the shelter. Follow this trail through the woods, and slightly uphill. Upon reaching the shoulder of the ridgeline (this will all be apparent at the time), continue left to follow the trail into the canyon and the base of the climbs - or go right to access the top of the routes.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Hillbilly Hollow

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V3 6A 15 ● Moonshine Boulder Hillbilly Bould… > Moonshine
V4 6B 14 ● Sex Muscle Boulder Hillbilly Bould… > Sex Muscle
V6 7A 5 ● Perineal Triangle Boulder Hillbilly Bould… > Sex Muscle
V7 7A+ 5 ● Absinthe Boulder Hillbilly Bould… > Moonshine
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 51 ● 5.6 dihedral Trad, TR Hillbilly Routes
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 135 ● End of the Innocence Sport Hillbilly Routes
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 124 ● Curse of the Drill Sport Hillbilly Routes
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 178 ● Swiss Cheese Sport, TR Hillbilly Routes
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 37 ● Pine Tree Crack Trad, TR Hillbilly Routes
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 142 ● PWB Arete Sport Hillbilly Routes
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 29 ● BWB (Belayers with Benefits) the… Sport, TR Hillbilly Routes
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 60 ● Zig-zag crack Trad, TR Hillbilly Routes
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 74 ● Sunset Ascent Sport Hillbilly Routes
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 35 ● Manic Depression Sport Hillbilly Routes
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 8 ● Turkish Revenge Sport, TR Hillbilly Routes