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High Anxiety

The hardest climb catalogued at Stone Mountain.

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Best time to visit High Anxiety

Best months: April–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    44° / 22°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    46° / 24°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    53° / 31°

    8 wet

  4. Apr

    63° / 40°

    8 wet

  5. May

    71° / 49°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    80° / 57°

    11 wet

  7. Jul

    84° / 62°

    11 wet

  8. Aug

    82° / 60°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    75° / 53°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    66° / 41°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    55° / 32°

    7 wet

  12. Dec

    46° / 26°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sparta 3.5 Ssw, NC, 7.4 mi away at 3,011 ft. The station sits about 900 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This is the hardest route catalogued at Stone Mountain, sitting at the top of a 5.8 to 5.9+ grade span across four climbs in the North Face sector.

Photo of the crag

Stone Mountain — the crag this route is on
Stone Mountain, North Carolina — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: npdoty, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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