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Silver Lake Climbing

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Areas in Silver Lake

Approach Boulder 2

Emigrant Wall 16

Emigrant Wall Right 1

Erratica 31

Freaks, The 25

Old Camp Bluff 31

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Description

Located on Hwy 88 just West of Kirkwood this lake basin contains climbing for everyone, from easy access cragging at Old Camp Bluff, tons of bouldering including the Freaks and Eratica and easy multi pitch at Emigrant wall.
For those adventurous enough there are many unreported areas and maybe even a little virgin rock.

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Getting There

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106 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Silver Lake

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

V5 6C 13 ● Bump & Grind Boulder Erratica > Erratica West > Bump & Grind
V5 6C 10 ● Gold as the Sky Boulder Erratica > Erratica Central > Gold As The Sky
V7 7A+ 17 ● Subterranean Boulder Freaks > Basement
V8 7B 26 ● Twisler Boulder Freaks > Dazed Wall
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 36 ● Independence, MO Sport 4 pitches Emigrant Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 38 ● The Pass Sport 4 pitches Emigrant Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 30 ● High Plains Drifter Sport 3 pitches Emigrant Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 18 ● The Great Plains Sport 3 pitches Emigrant Wall
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 55 ● Old Camp Dihedral Trad, TR Old Camp Bluff
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 25 ● Nutty Butter Sport, TR Old Camp Bluff
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 17 ● Three Springs Sport 3 pitches Emigrant Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 19 ● Marshmellow Crack Trad, TR Old Camp Bluff
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 42 ● Meat Lover Crack AKA Bat Crack Trad, TR Old Camp Bluff
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 19 ● A Camel Came To Camp" Sport, TR Old Camp Bluff
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 26 ● Dragon's Back Sport, TR Old Camp Bluff