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PATC Wall (aka Skyline Wall)
About PATC Wall (aka Skyline Wall):
| More bomber granite, but this area is a simple walk down from the Egg boulder, 5 minutes east along the Ridge Trail from the summit. The last part of the Ridge Trail (east of the summit) that you scramble along on bare granite for a couple hundred feet, is actually running along the top of the PATC Wall. There are pretty easy access points going down north at either end of the wall in order to get to the base. 80 feet at its tallest, there no permanent anchors on top (except for the anchor below the huge roof, shared by "Dobie Gillis", "Waste Age" & "Psycho Babble"), so a quick jog back down is required. The routes are numbered going from east to west (i.e., going towards the summit of the mtn.). |
| Approach: | ~3mi (4.8km) along Saddle Trail from Berry Hollow trailhead. |
| Approach Time: | ~1.5 hours |
| Latitude, Longitude: | |
| Access Issues: | |
| Rock Type: | Granite |
| Type of Climbing: | Trad |
| Sun Aspect: | All Day Shade |
Routes
| Sequence |
Rating | Route | Difficulty | Ascents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |
|
Picture Perfect | 5.8 | 1 |
| 5 |
|
More Cowbell | 5.7 | 1 |
| 6 |
|
Classy Chimney | 5.7 | 1 |
| 7 |
|
Keyhole Left | 5.6 | 1 |
| 8 |
|
Keyhole Right | 5.4 | 3 |
| 12 |
|
Crackback | 5.8 | 3 |
| 14 |
|
#10 Hex Offwidth | 5.9 | 1 |
| 16 |
|
Duckwalk | 5.10c | 1 |
| 17 |
|
Dobie Gillis (2) | 5.8 | 9 |
| 18 |
|
Waste Age | 5.12c | 0 |
| 19 |
|
Psychobabble | 5.10b | 4 |
| 20 |
|
Bombay Crack | 5.7 | 1 |
| 21 |
|
PATC Lieback | 5.8 | 2 |
| 22 |
|
Hemlock Crack | 5.9 | 1 |
| 23 |
|
Fern Crack | 5.7 | 4 |
| 24 |
|
Rusty Bong | 5.8 | 8 |
| 25 |
|
Piton Crack | 5.7 | 3 |
| 26 |
|
Rhodey | 5.6 | 2 |
| 30 |
|
The Ragged Edge | 5.10c | 0 |
| 35 |
|
Pissant overhang | 5.11b | 1 |
Forum Discussions (1 posts)
| Subject | Author | Replies | Last Post | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| massive bolder about to fall upper PATC lieback and bombay crack | drsuperfly | 13 | Sep 24 2009, 8:47 PM |





