A fun full-length route that takes you to the top of the cliff. A nice variety of climbing moves with a few thought provoking sequences along the way.

Leaves on the Breeze

Katz Corner

Hot Stuff

Silver Streaks

Katz in the Cradle

My First Time

The End of Poison Ivy

Scaredy-Katz

Katz out of the Bag

Comfortably Numb

Chickenhorn

Brownsville Boogie

Dusty Squeeze

A previously bolted route that's really a trad route.  This thing eats gear and the placements are just downright fun.Starts in a large flaring off-width, although you can also start on the face immediately to the right (steeper, but on good holds).  Stem and chimney your way to the top.  Continue past an old rap anchor to the top for a cruxy but rewarding finish and the real anchors at the top of the cliff. Enjoy the well-deserved view!So much fun!Note that if you are expecting to find some old bolts still in place, you'll have to trust your cams I'm afraid. The bolts have been pulled.

Another easy line with big holds and fun movement.  Start in the large crack, then follow the jugs through the steep stuff.  Can finish straight up staying next to the big crack, or move left into the flake to go to the upper set of anchors.  Great kids/beginners route.

Climb the vertical face to a good-sized roof/bulge.  Finding the right holds and a little technique keeps the difficulty at it's suggested grade.This route was bolted with it's neighbor to the left in the dead of winter.   The developer kept the cold at bay with some "Hot Stuff" whiskey.   

 A very fun climb that follows the obvious line up the middle of the crack/chimney. Pull the initial reachy bulge to get started, enjoy easier ground through the middle, and then work through the last tricky bit of stemming before you clip the chains.

Starts on a well featured vertical face and climbs a series of small bulges.  Most of the climbing is easier, but one big move over a pretty featureless bulge will present some difficulties, especially to those with limited reach.  Easier climbing to the top.

 "My first time was fun, but I wish it had been longer and I was able to do a few more moves when it was hard." 

Right side of the wall immediately to the left of the very low angle slab routes. Techy vertical climbing on small but positive holds to a very balancy crux. 

Vertical climbing on good but small crimps to start, followed by some thought-provoking moves up top on slopers.  Don't blow it trying to clip the chains.  If getting on it early in the season, convince your buddy to climb it first and brush off the finish hold for you.

Start just right of a broad shield and work your way up a vertical face.  Stand on a ledge, set up and pull through the cruxy bulge up top.This route and it's neighbor to the right were bolted in the dead of winter.   There was a steady stream of water dripping down on the developer making it a pretty wet and miserable.  However, some imbibing of "Hot Stuff" whiskey left the developer comfortably numb.

Climb through a series a bulges, some easy, some hard.  The last one will likely give you pause and require a pretty good reach. Take it all the way to the top on some easy but insecure slab.

Start in a large water runnel under the crack, stemming and chimney up the crack using large face holds on both sides. 

Great off width! Very fun with great placements. Start in the OW with good pro or climb the 5.7 face to the right with no pro to the first ledge. After the small tree mid route squeeze your way and stem up the crack. To finish, top out with a well protected but thought provoking crux. Bolted anchors in place. 

This area includes a wide variety of difficulties, styles and rock types. On the anchors of every route there are a pair of mussy hooks. Very important:  only use the hooks to lower the LAST climber in your party.  Please do NOT climb on top rope through the hooks. If more than one person is climbing the route, always clip your rope through your own quickdraws to the anchors.  Then, once everybody in your party has climbed the route, the last climber simply needs to clip the rope through the hooks, remove your draws, and be lowered.  (Anchor cleaning and rappelling is not best practice and is much more likely to lead to an accident.) The slab climbs on the left end (Katz Out of the Bag and Scaredy Katz) are both pretty tricky, but high quality, though they tend to be wet in winter and early spring.  At 10+, Katz Out of the Bag is really a total sandbag... but an outstanding climbing.The next two routes, Katz Corner and Katz in the Cradle, between a low-angle ramp feature and a large crack system, make for great beginner routes or for top-roping with kids.  Usually dry except during or right after heavy rain.The next two routes start on a vertical wall with thin features before pulling a substantial roof.  Good fun.  These are newer lines and have fragile rock, so beware that rock may continue to break for a little while here!  These dry out relatively quickly.The next section include five routes that all go the top of the cliff-line and are "full length" -- two trad lines and three sport lines.  All are quite good, although in very different ways! The sport routes tend to dry out quickly year round, but the trad routes stay wet most of the winter and spring and may need a bit of regular spring clean-up due to runoff and debris.

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Routes in D. Katz Wall