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Cat Wall 13 routes in Sector

  • Avg. Height: 36m
  • Style: All Sport
  • Approach time: 2 minutes
  • Ascents: 61

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Description:

When the stairs from the pool area hit the wall, this is Cat Wall. The stairs meet the wall about at "Cat Daddy" and "The Cat's Meow".

Access Issues: inherited from El Potrero Chico

Most of the climbing here is in a 'State' Park, but there is no fee. There are a few campsites and rooms available just down the road (i.e. 10 minute walk) from the park entrance.

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 La Flakita

Dane says 5.11c, Ed 5.10c. One is, likely, a typo.

5.11c
Sport 27m , 10
2 Putas de Fuego
5.10
Sport 30m , 10
3 ** Blind Faith

Needs a 70m rope. Pitch 2, at roof -- 3 lines of bolts diverge, left goes nowhere, center goes over roof at 5.11a, right goes around roof and back at 5.10d.

Also, a 70m rope won't descend the first pitch, rap to the anchor for A Gringo At My Baby instead.

5.11a
Sport 130m , 13
4 * A Gringo Ate My Baby

FA: Dane Bass, Matt Grecco,

5.8
Sport 30m , 8
5 * DNA-DRD-2 / DNA

Five feet right of A Gringo Ate My Baby.

FA: Matt Greco & Dane Bass - 2005,

5.10
Sport 30m , 7
6 Nasty Screwdriver / Dirty Screwdriver

FA: Dane Bass,

5.8
Sport 30m , 7
7 Cat Daddy

Listed as 5.9+ in the (Ed's) book, the route setter (Dane Bass) calls it an honest 5.8.

(Dane's book lists it as 5.9)

FA: Dain Bass; Dane Bass & Sue Kligerman,

5.9
Sport 30m , 12
8 The Cat's Meow

FA: Sue Kligerman, Dane Bass - 2003,

5.8
Sport 30m , 14
9 ** Skairdy Kat

FA: Richard Ross,

5.8
Sport 29m , 8
10 Penitente

FA: Nathalie Challulau - 2002,

5.10b
Sport 24m , 7
11 * Catwalk

FA: Mario Torres,

5.10b
Sport 24m , 7
RouteGradeStylePopularity
12 Spin Doctor

FA: Dane Bass,

5.9
Sport 23m , 7
13 ** 31 Foot Smurf
5.10a
Sport 30m , 10