Rocky Road

Center Ring

Rock and Roll

Climb the corner and the find the inobvious moves on the face above, keeping your hands out of the Rocky Road crack.

A move or two up a corner until one can squirm out the underside of a large overhang rightwards and turn it at the end.  Then straight up.

The 'North Wall' is the other worthwhile top roping area on the Rocky Island (along with 'The Knob').  It is across the Back Channel from the start of the Billy Goat trail to the northwest, though climbing here is complicated by the fact that the rock formation drops right to the water's edge.  Several routes, including leadable cracks, between 5.6 and hard 5.10, are present.  A long sling or static line helps to provide a descent to the beginning of the routes 'Rocky Road', 'Rock & Roll' and related routes. More simply set a top rope on Rocky Road and use it also as a rappel line. (See the topographic photo.)

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Routes in North Wall, Rocky Island