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| Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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| 5.10 A3+ VI | Lost World
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| 5.10 A3+ VI | Squeeze Play
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| 5.10 A4 VI | Hole World
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| 5.9 A3 VI | West Buttress
| 610m, 20 | |||
| 5.9 A3 VI | For Your Eyes Only (aka Octopussy)
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| 5.7 A3 VI | Never Never Land
| 820m, 20 | |||
| 5.7 A3 VI | Aquarian Wall
| 850m, 20 | |||
| 5.10 A5 VI | Winds of Change
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| 5.10+ A4 VI | Wings of Steel
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| 5.7 A3 VI | ★★ Horse Chute
| 610m, 20 | |||
| 5.9 A3 VI | Horse Play
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| 5.8 A3 VI | ★★ Dihedral Wall
| 730m, 26 | |||
| 5.7 A4 VI | ★★ Cosmos
| 730m, 24 | |||
| 5.8 A3 VI | ★★ Excalibur
| 820m, 28 | |||
| 5.11c A4+ VI | Bermuda Dunes
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| 5.9 A4 VI | The Heart Route
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| 5.9 A4 VI | Pacemaker
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| 5.8 A3+ VI | ★★ Son of Heart (aka Heart Woute)
| 820m, 29 | |||
| 5.8 A3 VI | Sunkist
| 880m, 31 | |||
| 5.10 A5 VI | Jolly Roger
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| 5.7 A3 VI | ★ Magic Mushroom
FA: Hugh Burton & Steve Sutton, 1972 | 880m, 31 | |||
| 5.9 A3+ VI | ★★★ The Shield
| 880m, 30 | |||
| 5.9 A4 VI | Dorn Direct
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| 5.9 A2 VI | ★★ Muir Wall
| 1100m, 33 | |||
| 5.9 C4 VI | ★★★ Muir Wall (All Clean)
The Muir Wall is one of El Cap's greatest natural lines, second only to the Salathé. It boasts large clean corners from the ground to summit with moderate yet sustained climbing. This route is substantially more involved than the Nose or Salathé but technically easier than the Shield or Zodiac. | 1000m, 33 | |||
| 5.9 C2 VI | ★★★ Salathé Wall
FA: Royal Robbins, Tom Frost & Chuck Pratt, 1961 FFA: Todd Skinner & Paul Piana, 1988 | 880m, 35 | |||
| 5.8 C2 VI | ★★★ Triple Direct (Salathe/Muir/Nose)
| 880m, 30 | |||
| 5.9 A2 VI | Grape Race
| 430m, 12 | |||
| 5.10 A4 VI | Ephemeron
Parallels 'The Nose' FA: Brandon Adams & Kristoffer Wickstrom, 28 Apr 2018 | 22, 35 | |||
| 5.9 C2 VI | ★★★ The Nose
On the tick list of most aspiring climbers, The Nose is a long, sustained and beautiful climb. An incredible line straight up an intimidating wall with many memorable pitches. The Nose can be done big wall style, or it can be done "Nose In a Day"(NIAD) style. The climbing has a surprising amount of splitter cracks with many pitches of sustained hands/fists cracks. If you are aiding, it can be done with some mandatory 5.9 climbing and mandatory C2 sections. Much of the C2 on The Nose is actually quite soft for the grade due to the abundance of fixed gear and long pieces of tat which avoids some of the more difficult sections. Don't underestimate the difficulty of a summit however, you need to have many technical skills dialed, such as pendulums, hauling, lowerouts etc. in order to make it. You also need to move fast, most parties bail not because they don't have the ability to do a single pitch, but because they are moving to slow. Practice lots and move quick. Speed Records
FA: Warren Harding, Wayne Merry & George Whitmore, 1958 FFA: Lynn Hill, 1993 | 1000m, 31 | |||
| 5.11b | ★★★ The Freeblast (1st 10 of Salathe)
| 400m | |||
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