From the parking lot of the Junior Williamson Rest Area in Slade, turn left (north) on KY 11, drive 0.1 miles under the Mountain Parkway overpass to a "T" intersection with KY 15. Turn left (east) and continue for 1.5 miles, then turn right (north) on KY 77. This highway is also known as "Nada Tunnel Road", and you may see a street sign so designated at this intersection. Drive 4.4 miles through the tiny town of Nada, through the tunnel, and over the steel bridge (stay right after you cross the steel bridge) to the intersection with KY 715. KY 77 curves left near an old barn while KY 715 continues straight. Follow KY 77 around to the left, past the barn on the right and uphill for 0.3 miles to an available pulloff on the right. The trail begins across the road from the third pulloff. Follow the trail uphill to the base of Fortress Wall. You will pass Party Time on the way so do not hike too far if you plan on doing this route.

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Route	Spray	Name	Type	Grade	Length	Picture
0 1	-1	Party Time	Trad	8 5.7	140 140ft	1
1 2	-1	Lost in Space	Trad	18 5.10b	150 150ft	1
2 3	-1	Brian's Farewell	Trad	14 5.9	35 35ft	0
3 4	-1	The Rampart	Trad	11 5.8	130 130ft	0
4 5	-1	Route 49	Trad	11 5.8	60 60ft	0
5 6	-1	Horny Bitch	Trad	10 5.8-	140 140ft	1
6 7	-1	Route 52	Trad	14 5.9	60 60ft	0
7 8	-1	Cussin' Crack	Trad	8 5.7	65 65ft	0
8 9	-1	Bombs Bursting	Trad	11 5.8	60 60ft	1
9 10	-1	The Battlement	Trad	20 5.10c	50 50ft	0
10 11	-1	Route 48	Trad	5 5.5	60 60ft	1
11 12	-1	Pigs In Space	Toprope	17 5.10a	0 0ft	0
12 13	-1	American Crack	Trad	4 5.4	60 60ft	1
13 14	-1	American Wall	Trad	3 5.3	70 70ft	1
14 15	-1	Hollywood Boulevard	Trad	24 5.11a	90 90ft	0
15 16	-1	Thunder Chicken	Trad	24 5.11a	50 50ft	1
16 17	-1	Calypso I	Trad	8 5.7	60 60ft	1
17 18	-1	Blue Runner	Trad	13 5.9-	60 60ft	0
18 19	-1	The Wasp	Trad	17 5.10a	60 60ft	0
19 20	-1	Calypso II	Trad	6 5.6	60 60ft	1
20 21	-1	Lost 'n Lichen It	Trad	21 5.10d	60 60ft	0
21 22	-1	Calypso III	Trad	2 5.2	60 60ft	1
22 23	-1	Where Lizards Dare	Trad	15 5.9+	40 40ft	1
23 24	-1	Serpent	Trad	18 5.10b	60 60ft	0
24 25	-1	Snake	Trad	11 5.8	60 60ft	1
25 26	-1	Scratch Your Face	Trad	15 5.9+	40 40ft	0
26 27	-1	Bonzo's Revenge	Trad	4 5.4	70 70ft	0
27 28	-1	Fortress Grunges	Trad	4 5.4	70 70ft	0
28 29	-1	Oozing Couth	Trad	5 5.5	30 30ft	0
29 30	-1	The Turret	Trad	5 5.5	50 50ft	1
30 31	-1	Into the arms of the rhododendron	Trad	14 5.9	50 50ft	0
31 32	-1	Bedtime for Bonzo	Trad	6 5.6	100 100ft	1
32 33	-1	Days of Rage	Trad	35 5.12d	45 45ft	1
33 34	-1	Afterburner	Trad	24 5.11a	40 40ft	0

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Anonymous said on March 4th, 2008

somone should check the math for the number of routes, there is 33 trad routes but 34 routes total.... so where is the hidden 5.10 located?

SCIN said on March 4th, 2008

One is a toprope (Pigs in Space). Toprope lines aren't listed in the graph as a separate column because there just aren't that many of them.

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