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Quarry Wall

5.8, TR,  Avg: 1.7 from 6 votes
FA: unknown
Colorado > Boulder > Flatirons > North > Woods Quarry
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Description

This is for the semi-obscure aficionados. This is a feature that sees little traffic. This scar in the landscape has yielded a few briefly pleasant, 65-degree-angle slab climbs. Approach via the Mesa Trail from NCAR or Chataqua. There is a faint trail to its base, not too far from the Mesa Trail.

This is the route up the middle of the slab, right of Non-Friction.

Follow small edges up this smooth face past 4 bolts (1/4") to a 2 bolt anchor. The 3rd bolt seemed not very useful. To escape, you can climb 20 feet up to the trees above. You can also belay off trees above.

Protection

4 QDs, screamers useful, 50-60m rope.

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Erik Marr climbing Quarry Wall.
[Hide Photo] Erik Marr climbing Quarry Wall.
07-28-03.
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[Hide Comment] Nice little climb with thin handholds and friction moves. Little runout on easy low angle slab. Jun 18, 2009
Eric Brehm
Boulder, CO
5.9+
[Hide Comment] This climb might be 5.8 if you zig and zag around to find the most usable features. If you lead it, or climb straight from bolt to bolt on top-rope, it is harder than that -- I would say 5.9+ or 5.10- between the second and third bolts. It is clearly a grade or two harder than the 5.8-rated route "Non-Friction" on the left side of the wall. Oct 4, 2010
[Hide Comment] The huge undercling 4ft below the anchors felt pretty wobbly. Be careful, and avoid using it if you can. Sep 4, 2023