Grand Ledge Climbing

This digital Grand Ledge climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Grand Ledge days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

Grand Ledge is most known for its top rope routes; however, there is some quality bouldering to be had. If you are looking for solitude, the far-left side of the cliff, which does not contain the popular top rope routes, has some fun bouldering. This side of the cliff tends to stay more in the shade and can remain damp after rain much longer. Bouldering in the center of the cliff--from Ballerina to Despondency--tends to be steeper and more powerful. This area also gets direct sunlight. As many of these problems intersect and share top rope climbs, be courteous. Below is a ... Show more

This digital Grand Ledge climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Grand Ledge days smoother, safer, and more dialed. Grand Ledge is most known for its top rope routes; however, there is some quality bouldering to be had. If you are looking for solitude, the far-left side of the cliff, which does not contain the popular top rope routes, has some fun bouldering. This side of the cliff tends to stay more in the shade and can remain damp after rain much longer. Bouldering in the center of the cliff--from Ballerina to Despondency--tends to be steeper and more powerful. This area also gets direct sunlight. As many of these problems intersect and share top rope climbs, be courteous. Below is a map covering the quarter-mile band where all the problems are located. A lot is said about the "eliminates" at the park and there seems to be the general thought that everything is an eliminate which just is not true. The ethic is every hold belongs to one problem, and just like everywhere else, moving out left or right will take you off the problem you are on. Most eliminates are fairly basic and easy to discern. There are a few spots with the same hold used on multiple problems, but usually they create completely different climbs. The scorecard includes what are eliminates, but do not let that term discourage you as some of the best problems are some of the eliminates such as The Treat. Top outs are an area that is currently being pushed at the park. The left side of the Mermaid Wall all has top outs and some older climbs like Astral Projection and Despondency are being topped out instead of dropping post crux. The scorecard also includes a current list of what is going all the way up and estimated height. Every problem includes pictures of the climb and start holds with a locator map also. It should be fairly easy to locate anything using everything on the page including nearby problems.