Beginners Staircase - Staircase Wall :: Red River Gorge Online Guide

COVID-19 Climbing Guidelines: The Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Muir Valley, and all RRGCC-owned property - which includes Miller Fork Recreational Preserve, Bald Rock Recreational Preserve, and Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve - request that you follow the guidelines outlined on each website if you choose to climb during this time. See links above for more details about each climbing area.

Gray's Branch Region

»Grays Wall
»Left Flank
»Military Wall
»Raven Rock
»Spring Wall
»Tunnel Wall

Lower Gorge Region Northern Gorge Region

»Dunkan Rock
»Fortress Wall
»Mariba Fork
»Meyer's Fork
»Phantasia
»Sassafras Rock

Middle Gorge Region

»Adena Wall
»Cloud Splitter
»Gladie Rock
»Hen's Nest
»Jewel Pinnacle
»Lower Small Wall
»Middle Small Wall
»Pinch-em Tight Ridge
»Sheltowee Wall
»Staircase Wall
»Tower Rock
»Upper Small Wall
»Window Wall
»Wolfpen

Upper Gorge Region

»Doorish Wall
»Eagle Point Buttress
»Moonshiner's Wall
»Wall of Denial
»Woody's Wall

Eastern Gorge Region

»Buzzard's Roost
»Camp Store Crag
»Chimney Top
»Eastern Sky Bridge Ridge
»Funk Rock City
»Half Moon
»Lower Sky Bridge Ridge
»Princess Arch
»Rock Bridge
»Rough Trail
»Sky Bridge
»Western Sky Bridge Ridge
»Wildcat Wall

Tunnel Ridge Road Region

»Auxier Ridge
»Courthouse Rock
»D. Boone Hut Crag
»Double Arch
»Haystack Rock
»Jailhouse Rock
»Star Gap Arch Area

Natural Bridge Region

»Beer Trailer Crag
»Friction Slab
»Lady Slipper - Emerald City
»Lady Slipper - Global Village
»Quarry Rock
»Roadside Crag - LIMITED ACCESS
»See Rocks
»Slade Rock
»Torrent Falls - LIMITED ACCESS
»Zoo, The

Southern Region Muir Valley Miller Fork

»Alcatraz
»Camelot
»Chaos
»Cloud 9
»Cooper's Cove
»Corner Pocket
»Deep End
»Fruit Wall
»Graveyard
»Hal Garner Memorial Crag, The
»Highlands
»Infirmary, The
»Laboratory, The
»Monastery
»Morgue, The
»Nursery, The
»Pharmacy, The
»Portal, The
»Rando Crag
»Real Deep End
»Record Shop, The
»Sanitarium
»Scotch Wall
»Secret Garden
»Serenity Point
»Vine Wall

»Drop Out Wall
»McCow Pasture
»Pepper Wall
»Salt Wall

The "start" of the crag

This route is located in the Middle Gorge Region at Staircase Wall

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Beginners Staircase 5.3 (Toprope) ***

First Ascent: Bill Strachan in 1975
Length: 80ft
Bolts/Gear: 0/ (report bad bolts/anchors)

Ascends the left-most section of the wall and tops out between the two large huecos.

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Owner: NFS

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Submitted by: captain static
Date: Jan 17th, 2021

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MikeWilkinson said on January 12th, 2021

Fun for what it is, and tall too! Soaks up the sun so is great in the winter. Having at least 25-30ft of webbing helps for TR setup.

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J-Ru said on January 15th, 2021

Mike -- did you get a photo? I always wondered what this looked like.

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captain static said on January 17th, 2021

Unfortunately a fire on the ridge above Indian Staircase some time back destroyed vegetation resulting in erosion making the TR setup more difficult. BITD this area saw a lot less use before the FS acquired the farm where the Gladie Center is. This wall is unique for the maze of water grooves that cover it. I have a picture somewhere and will upload if I can dig it up.

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captain static said on January 17th, 2021

Found the photo!

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Anonymous said on January 18th, 2021

Beautiful

Route details are copyright Ray Ellington, John Bronaugh, and other Red River Gorge climbers. Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport. The information in this guidebook is subject to error and should supplement never replace common sense and caution, competent guidance and instruction, and actually being outside. One should be especially cautious on matters of route length, descent type, and number of bolts (especially since such things do change occasionally).