Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides are your ticket to climb Wallface Mountain- the East's biggest, baddest wilderness cliff
Gray topping out almost a thousand feet up on Wallface Mountain's Diagonal Route (III 5.8), on a recent one-day climb.
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While surprisingly few people really know about the wealth of great and uncrowded climbing in the Adirondack Park, even fewer know about the fabled Wallface Mountain- NY's biggest, baddest wilderness cliff and our favorite local backcountry climbing destination.
Wallface is close to a thousand feet high and almost a half-mile in width, with a five mile approach up rocky trails, streambeds and blocky talus slopes through Indian Pass, deep in the High Peaks Wilderness. There are a variety of routes, ranging from easy 5th class alpine-style scrambles to modern free climbing testpieces- but the most popular objective, and the one we guide most often, is the classic Diagonal (III 5.8)- with 4-5 pitches of easy 5th class alpine-style climbing up broken terrain and slabs leading to two final 5.8 crack system pitches that top out high on the cliff's southernmost buttress, almost a thousand feet up.
Wallface is a premier objective for experienced multi-pitch and alpine climbers, and Cloudsplitter Guides have the traditional skills, alpine training, AMGA rock certification and years of experience to make the most of our guests' Wallface experience. Cloudsplitter guides single-day (w/ an alpine start) and multi-day (w/ backcountry camp) climbs on Wallface, year-round, by reservation, with late August, September and October being the favorite time. Contact Jesse for more information.
Want to see more about Wallface? Check out the slideshow below and better yet, check out Cloudsplitter's Wallface video on Youtube.com
