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25 miles south of Jelico
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:39 am
by HJ7
I'm sure this may have been previously discussed; but what is the name of the rock formations you can see from I-75 in Tennesse. I saw some people climbing on my way back from the Smokies.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:44 am
by SCIN
Devil's Racetrack
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:48 am
by andy_lemon
Yeh, that place looks freakin cool from the road.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:52 pm
by HJ7
Is this place on private property? What are the routes like?
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:54 pm
by SCIN
Chossy, I hear.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:48 pm
by Horatio Felacio
a few routes are pretty cool. parking kinda sucks. don't leave valuables in vehicle.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:22 pm
by Wicked Tribe
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Its woth going there just for that route.
Hamsco knows a bit about it.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:20 am
by Steve
Interesting spot, make sure you find the trail up to the rock and it isn't all that bad of an approach. Don't remember what routes we did, but I do remember falling in a creek. Seneca like fins of southern style sandstone, not blocky like SR, don't remember seeing any inspiring cracks. There was an on-line guide somewhere out there.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:25 am
by The Pirate
lucy in the sky is a cool route,it is worth hte drive alone.there are also a couple of good routes in between the fins. also a great route up the nose of the southern most fin. We camped in the state park near the crag. we got a guide out of boulder-dash news letter.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:16 am
by hamsco
I like climbing there. The rock is Quartzite, and the place has an adventure flavor. There are sport and trad routes.
We (James and I) did dislodge a large block, but I was off route. The main distraction is the road noise.
There is an alternative approach through the park, which makes for safer parking.
There is a picture of Lucy in the Sky on page 94 of Harrison's "Southeastern Rock"
I anyone wants route info, I have the mini guide.