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PATC Wall (aka Skyline Wall)
About PATC Wall (aka Skyline Wall):
An excellent wall chock-full of moderate cracks. The last part of the Ridge Trail (east of the summit) where you scramble along on bare granite for a couple hundred feet actual runs along the top of the PATC Wall. There are access points going down north to the base at either end of the wall. At the east end there is a large gap in the cliffline, separated from the trail by a few feet of bushes/small trees, which allows a 3rd-4th Class scramble down, between "Picture Perfect" and "More Cowbell". At the west end of the wall, the is a narrow (body-width) slot forming a corridor that pierces the wall; climb down into & through it, and then a climber's trail heads L and down into a wide shallow gully, then swings R along the base [most of the climbs are then past a slab the climber's trail takes you to, with a long step up R across a chasm, just beyond which is the base of Piton Crack]. The wall is 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 |
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Access Issues: | |
Rock Type: | Granite |
Type of Climbing: | Trad |
Sun Aspect: | All Day Shade |
Routes
SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. | Rating | Route | Difficulty | Ascents |
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4 | Picture Perfect | 5.8 | 2 | |
5 | More Cowbell | 5.7 | 1 | |
6 | Classy Chimney | 5.7 | 1 | |
7 | Keyhole Left | 5.6 | 1 | |
8 | Keyhole Right | 5.4 | 3 | |
10 | Consolation Prize | 5.9 | 0 | |
12 | Crackback | 5.8 | 3 | |
14 | #10 Hex Offwidth | 5.9 | 2 | |
16 | Duckwalk | 5.10c | 2 | |
17 | Dobie Gillis (2) | 5.8 | 11 | |
18 | Waste Age | 5.12c | 0 | |
19 | Psychobabble | 5.10b | 5 | |
20 | Bombay Crack | 5.7 | 1 | |
21 | PATC Lieback | 5.8 | 2 | |
22 | Hemlock Crack | 5.9 | 1 | |
23 | Fern Crack | 5.7 | 5 | |
24 | Rusty Bong | 5.8 | 9 | |
25 | Piton Crack | 5.7 | 3 | |
26 | Rhodey | 5.6 | 2 | |
26 | Vegemite | 5.5 | 2 | |
27 | Thrash | 5.7 | 2 | |
30 | The Ragged Edge | 5.10c | 0 | |
35 | Pissant overhang | 5.11b | 1 |
Forum Discussions (1 posts)
Subject | Author | Replies | Last Post | |
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massive bolder about to fall upper PATC lieback and bombay crack | drsuperfly | 13 | Sep 25 2009, 3:47 AM |