PRINT: Rock Climb Las Chimuelas, Powerlinez

Las Chimuelas

5.9, Trad, TR, 60 ft (18 m),

Avg: 3 from 1 vote
FA: FFA: Joey Vulpis & Christy Daino TR Karel Hrbacek + Ken Roberts
New York > Powerlinez > k. Tower Wall area > 4. Dave's Wall

Access Issue: As of November 2021, there are new parking arrangements. Please follow this guidance. Details

The current parking area is now limited parking, subject to the following guidelines:

No parking weekdays before 4pm. (Use Saltbox Parking Area at these times).
Do not block pump station access gates at any time.
Be careful not to hit or disturb manholes or other infrastructure.

The Saltbox Parking Area is a new resource, available on weekdays and weekends. Don't bushwhack or create new trails from this area.

Torne Brook Road and the trailhead remain a no-parking area. This is to ensure access for emergency personnel.

Inconsiderate or illegal parking here could lead to permanent closure.

Description

Up to a steep bulge. Avoid that by reach and step right to a vague notch. Up through that and roughly straight up to finish about ten feet right of an old tree with double angling trunks each about four-to-five inches wide.

warning: Loose rock is still a concern here. Belayer or other members of party should not stand anywhere near underneath the climber.

. . . (Lots of vegetation on this rock as of 2016. Be prepared when climbing to navigate around protruding trees and branches, and dealing with holds slippery with grass, lichen, moss, dirt).

Location

About twenty feet right from below obvious tree with a round bulge at bottom of its trunk, about ten feet up in midst of left-side face of Dave's Wall sector -- down a slope below left from the eighteen-inch-wide rock ledge base which is directly below the tree.

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Protection

To set up Top-Rope, see Description of Dave's Wall area.
It's likely easier to reach a good top anchor by finding a way down below top of cliff like thirty to fifty feet west from top of this route.

Protection for Trad leading is unknown and likely inadequate.

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Daves Wall left side - routes:<br>
A. El Sendero Diablo<br>
B. Libertad<br>
C. Estrellita<br>
D. Aguja Celo Rey<br>
E. Las Chimuelas <br>
F. Sorry Mom<br>
G. Fifty Foot of Love<br>
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Daves Wall left side - routes: A. El Sendero Diablo B. Libertad C. Estrellita D. Aguja Celo Rey E. Las Chimuelas F. Sorry Mom G. Fifty Foot of Love