Rapping down Fall Wall at the end of a fantastic O...
Description
This wall is predominately sport routes with a few mixed routes present. The climbing is slaby, the granite is good and the crystals prevalent. The Fall Wall gets a good amount of sun, which can be a good thing as it, sits at about 8000 feet. Most routes have two bolt rap anchors at the top. Some Must Do routes are 5.11 Crack (5.9+) and Cold Fingers to the Hole (5.7).
Getting There
From the Vedauwoo main entrance ($3/car or free on foot) drive in and follow the signs to Box Canyon. There's a good number of parking spaces, water and restrooms. A paved trail leads out of the North end of the parking area. Follow this trail a short distance until a path cutting left to the rock is found. A bouldery approach is unavoidable and the wall is best gained by scrambling up at its right most edge. Ah hell, you can see all the routes from the parking lot. Just follow your nose.
It gets better each time I climb it, a definite sign of a Vedauwoo Classic. Essentially the last route left (facing the rock) accessed from the top of the Clam Shell, it begins with an unprotected 30' traverse to a flake/pocket where a shakey #3 Camalot can be placed. Then its up thin edges past three bolts. The concensus is the crux comes after the 3rd bolt - before placing a #1 Camalot in an undercling/crack. Mount the small ove...[more]
If you can't or won't fork over for the guidebook, or your buddies are short on beta for Fall Wall, take a look at www.vedauwoo.org/fall_wall.htm for an up to date topo.
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