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Elevation: 837 ft 255 m
GPS: 47.82462, -121.55486
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Shared By: Ben jamin on Jun 21, 2022 · Updates
Admins: Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan

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Halloween, also known as the Grafton Crag, is an old wall that saw development years ago before it was abandoned and overtaken by moss. As the story goes, a local young man and his father spent time developing the wall before he was tragically lost. Since then, a new trail to the wall was made, and the wall has has been brought to life with many new routes. Halloween features over 20 single pitch climbs with a little bit of something for everyone, but is notable for its short approach, unique angled cracks, and density of high quality 5.9 - 5.10 routes.

While at Halloween, please be respectful with noise. This is one of the closest crags to the town of Index, so please don't scream, play loud music, etc. Just be a good sport and if you see someone causing a problem, please ask them respectfully to stop.

Getting There Suggest change

The approach takes about 15 minutes. The easiest way to get there is to follow the trail shown in the Climbing Map on this page. 

Park in town at Doolittle or across the road at Heybrook Ridge and follow the Lookout Point trail to the Midnite boulder. Before passing the Midnite boulder, turn right down the Trilium trail. Continue for a few minutes until you see a small trail heading right down a winding path to the base of the wall. At the time of this writing there's an orange sign that says 'Happy Halloween' on a tree with 3 trunks pointing to the right towards the trail, but it's a little hard to see. Follow this winding trail for a few minutes to meet the base of the wall. As you walk across the trail, you will pass along the top of the Leaky Cauldron. To get to the Leaky Cauldron head right/straight at the junction on the boulders once passing through the stairs. For all other routes, continue left along the wall.

29 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Halloween

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 10
Platform 5.9 3/4
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 12
Room for Two
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 8
Twenty-Five
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 37
Carol
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 37
Lisle
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 25
Pumpkin Spice
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 39
Tower of Terror
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 34
Resting Witch Face
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 29
Shirlene
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 13
Sink Semper Titanics
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 26
Harambe
Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 9
Mary
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 4
Devil in the Details
Trad
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 12
Heebee Geebees
Trad
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 4
Ralph
Trad
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Platform 5.9 3/4
 10
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
Room for Two
 12
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Twenty-Five
 8
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
Carol
 37
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Lisle
 37
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Pumpkin Spice
 25
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Tower of Terror
 39
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Resting Witch Face
 34
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Shirlene
 29
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Sink Semper Titanics
 13
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Harambe
 26
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad
Mary
 9
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Devil in the Details
 4
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
Heebee Geebees
 12
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad
Ralph
 4
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Trad
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