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B. Whining Dog Wall

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Description



The Whining Dog Wall is perhaps the best, moderate bouldering wall in all of Flagstaff. This beautiful black and blue, perfectly bulging wall is lined with classic problems and perfect holds. First developed in the early 1990's, this wall is as good as it gets for the grades.

This wall is formed in such a way as to provide very classic traverse problems, as well as numerous variation problems.

Getting There

Follow the directions on the main page.

Routes from Left to Right

V3-4 6A+
 4
● The Res Dog Traverse
Boulder
V0 4
 4
● The Howl
Boulder
V-easy 3
 3
● Puppy Dog Variations
Boulder
V0+ 4+
 2
● Big Dog
Boulder
V0+ 4+
 8
● A Dog Knows
Boulder
V0-1 4+
 10
● The Whining Warmup
Boulder
V2 5+
 8
● Bad Dog
Boulder
V1 5
 13
● Leashless and Free
Boulder
V1+ 5
 10
● A Rare Breed
Boulder
V1- 5-
 21
● A Dog's Life
Boulder
V2 5+
 10
● The Scrapper
Boulder
V2 5+
 2
● The Downward Dog Traverse
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● The Res Dog Traverse
 4
V3-4 6A+ Boulder
● The Howl
 4
V0 4 Boulder
● Puppy Dog Variations
 3
V-easy 3 Boulder
● Big Dog
 2
V0+ 4+ Boulder
● A Dog Knows
 8
V0+ 4+ Boulder
● The Whining Warmup
 10
V0-1 4+ Boulder
● Bad Dog
 8
V2 5+ Boulder
● Leashless and Free
 13
V1 5 Boulder
● A Rare Breed
 10
V1+ 5 Boulder
● A Dog's Life
 21
V1- 5- Boulder
● The Scrapper
 10
V2 5+ Boulder
● The Downward Dog Traverse
 2
V2 5+ Boulder

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Joel Unema on The Whining Warmup, and Dean Hoffman warming up on A Rare Breed. The Whining Dog Wall.
[Hide Photo] Joel Unema on The Whining Warmup, and Dean Hoffman warming up on A Rare Breed. The Whining Dog Wall.
Wade Forrest in the middle of the Rez Dog Traverse. Whining Dog Wall.
[Hide Photo] Wade Forrest in the middle of the Rez Dog Traverse. Whining Dog Wall.
Top of the wall, April '15.
[Hide Photo] Top of the wall, April '15.
The snow loads this winter toppled the Juniper on the left side of the wall. You can now traverse the whole wall.
[Hide Photo] The snow loads this winter toppled the Juniper on the left side of the wall. You can now traverse the whole wall.
Whining Dog Wall; right side.
[Hide Photo] Whining Dog Wall; right side.
Whining Dog Wall; left side.
[Hide Photo] Whining Dog Wall; left side.
Sunset top out, April '15.
[Hide Photo] Sunset top out, April '15.
April '15
[Hide Photo] April '15
The hold geology shot of Whining Dog Wall.
[Hide Photo] The hold geology shot of Whining Dog Wall.
The Whining Dog Wall
[Hide Photo] The Whining Dog Wall

Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

Albert Newman
[Hide Comment] Dave Gershwin and Jeff Ludwig showed me these walls about a year after Rob Drysdale died, sometime in 1993, we were calling one of these "The Whining Dog Wall". Sep 11, 2008
Jeff L
Valley of the Sun
[Hide Comment] Jeremy, the picture posted here is indeed the whining dog wall. I am glad it has not fallen into obscurity and new climbers discovered it. Its a classic wall. Dave Gershwin and I devoloped it in the mid nineties. Along with the booze pig and long ryders wall, developed by drysdale, the lake Mary limestone bands hold much promise still. Mar 17, 2011