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West Face Rock Climbing

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Routes in West Face

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	"C.C.A" T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	A Little Nukey T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Aplodontia T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Castle Bravo S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Esto Power T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Go Runout and Pray T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X
	Hannaramic S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Helm's Deep T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Ohm Sweet Ohm T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Paraclete, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Powerline T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Smegmathon T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Sushi Dreams T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Tic-Tac-Toe T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Trivial Pursuit T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Welcome to Courtright T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Wichita Lineman T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Elevation:	7,744 ft
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Description

The most obvious and clean wall here with good accessibility. Rises dramatically 700' or so straight up out of Helms Creek canyon below the dam. A lot of slab climbing with routes established on lead and some long runouts, but some routes have some sections of cracks and corners mixed in and a few have a reasonable amount of bolt protection.

Getting There

Most people drive across the dam and park at the obvious geologic info pullout. The base can be reached by traversing ledges upstream of the main face to a rappel route for a 70m rope, or Powerline can be rappelled with 2 ropes with some 3rd to 4th class scrambling or fixing 50' feet of line from the top. A couple other routes can also be rappelled but require setting gear anchors at the top to access. The wall can also be assessed by following the gated road next to Tiger wall pullout to the roadside crag and scrambling down into the canyon and across the creek (which has stable year round flows dictated most usually just by the reservoir level).

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Classic Climbing Routes at West Face

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 4 ● "C.C.A" Trad, Alpine
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 5 ● Wichita Lineman Trad, Alpine
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Ohm Sweet Ohm Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 62 ● A Little Nukey Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 28 ● Welcome to Courtright Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 3 ● Tic-Tac-Toe Trad, Alpine
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 32 ● Hannaramic Sport, Alpine 6 pitches
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 10 ● The Paraclete Trad, Alpine 6 pitches
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 3 ● Helm's Deep Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 17 ● Smegmathon Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R 5 ● Esto Power Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 6 ● Powerline Trad, Alpine 4 pitches