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Purgatory Rock Climbing

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Routes in Purgatory

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	Skunk Love S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Mist of Funk T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Looking Through the Devil's Window T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Believer S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Special Boy S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Fallen Angel T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Gluttony S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Fat Man's Misery T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Dracula '04 S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Hotel Transylvania S 5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b
	Lucifer S 5.14c 8c+ 34 XI- 35 E9 7b
	Castle Has Fallen, The S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Paradise Lost S 5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Paradise Regained S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Hellraiser S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Gimp, The S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Jumbo Shrimp S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Back in the Days of Bold T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a

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Description

Morning sun.

Many of the routes are climbable in the rain.

A couple of 5.10's, a couple of 5.11's, a couple of 5.12-'s, 3 5.13b's and one of the hardest routes in the gorge, Lucifer 5.14c.

Very pretty wall but a long walk in. There are not many routes to choose from so if you show up and there are a bunch of people there you may want to head to one of the other areas that are near by.

Getting There

Follow the signs from the parking area. Once you are on the road it tapers to a trail once you are past most of the areas and you have to cross two little drainages on this trail before you turn up left ot the cliff which is signed.

Once you reach the wall, there are a few trad lines to the left but most of the routes are to the right, through a small archway formed by the wall and a boulder.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Purgatory

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

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 5 ● Fat Man's Misery Trad 2 pitches
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 49 ● The Gimp Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 135 ● Believer Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 7 ● Skunk Love Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 68 ● Special Boy Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 80 ● Gluttony Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 48 ● Hellraiser Sport
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 65 ● Paradise Lost Sport
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 19 ● Dracula '04 Sport
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 13 ● The Castle Has Fallen Sport