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Currahee Mountain Climbing

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Areas in Currahee Mountain

Brick Wall 17

Buzzard Wall, The 12

Currahee Boulders 55

Main/Slab Wall Area 23

Small Wall, The 5

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Description

Currahee Mountain isn't an easy place to love. It's out of the way; the dirt road leading up the mountain is often in bad repair; graffiti makes parts of it look more like an abandoned urban neighborhood than a climbing area. But if you can get past all that, there is some really nice friction climbing at Currahee that makes it worth a visit. The ease of access doesn't hurt either. Some of the best lines include Mikey's Mantle, Frictionary and Pigs on the Wing.

The rock at Currahee is good quality granitic gneiss, mostly slab. Most routes are bolted to a greater or lesser degree, but some trad gear is good to have on many lines. Many routes have accessible anchors for top roping. The bouldering is scattered across the mountain, but there are some good routes if you know where to look for them.

Camping is no longer permitted along the road that ascends the mountain, but is permitted throughout the Lake Russell WMA that Currahee is on the boarder of. The town of Toccoa is nearest source for food and other non-climbing essentials. The closest place to purchase climbing gear is Wander North Georgia's Tallulah Falls location.

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Getting There

From Atlanta, head north on I-85 to I-985 and take 985 until it ends, continuing on as US 365/441. Bear off at the Toccoa-Lavonia exit and watch for a traffic-light controlled intersection with 123. continue on 365 for approximately 6 miles, and turn right onto 184 at the traffic light, below Currahee. in 1/4 mile, turn left to stay on 184, following the road for almost 1 mile. The climber's parking lot is a small loop on the right. This is recognized as the "climbers parking lot" and utilizing this lot instead of continuing up the road can help reduce the impact of climbing on the area.

There is a yellow gate the climbers will have to pass to access the gravel trail that exit just between the brick wall and the slab wall. Up and left leads to the Brick Wall, and slightly up and right leads to the Slab Wall.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Currahee Mountain

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 77 ● All I Wanted was a Pepsi Trad, TR Main/Slab Wall Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13 58 ● Deprived Child Trad, Sport, TR Main/Slab Wall Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 38 ● Dust Bowl Daze Trad Main/Slab Wall Area
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 55 ● Buzzard Breath Trad, Sport Buzzard Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 32 ● Trad and True Trad Main/Slab Wall Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 33 ● Frictionary Sport Main/Slab Wall Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 64 ● No Name Crack Trad, TR Brick Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 47 ● Stranger than Friction Trad, Sport Main/Slab Wall Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 68 ● Mickey's Mantle Sport Main/Slab Wall Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 47 ● Power Flyer Sport, TR Brick Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 23 ● Smooth as Silk Trad Buzzard Wall
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 22 ● Plague Sport Brick Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 13 ● Dreams Trad Brick Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 18 ● Jeep Streak Sport Brick Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 12 ● Ebola Sport Brick Wall