Best Hand Cracks around - which ones are the best?

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Evel

Trad climber

Nedsterdam CO

Jan 11, 2016 - 04:14pm PT

Ho Man! Arching Jams is still on my to do list!

Dan McDevitt

Trad climber

yosemite

Jan 11, 2016 - 04:56pm PT

martygarrison

Trad climber

Washington DC

Jan 11, 2016 - 08:34pm PT

Best - Cringe, but there are lots of suggestions on this post that I have not done.

I see Reeds Direct a couple of pics up. Hate that thing. Jams hurt and my feet would always try to get stuck.

Marty

CanopyGorilla

Big Wall climber

Lolo, MT

Jan 11, 2016 - 09:09pm PT

My favorite from the valley is silent line. Some face climbing, some fingers, couple hundred feet of hands, then a sick chimney, then more hands.

CanopyGorilla

Big Wall climber

Lolo, MT

Jan 11, 2016 - 09:14pm PT

Big bobs big wedge, crimson, more monkey than funky, super crack, incredible, cobra in t, stovelegs, never got on separate reality. I really want that one.

BFK

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Jan 11, 2016 - 09:27pm PT

This one's pretty good,.. some might even say one of the best in the valley!

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Jan 11, 2016 - 10:46pm PT

Interesting. For the Valley it seems like Hotline P3 is shaping up to be a solid winner. Seems legit.

flatlandermcjack

Trad climber

Speardawg, SD

Feb 23, 2017 - 01:34pm PT

Walt Bailey on DeTo has some killer hand jams, although the bottom half is pretty tough fingers

Dan McDevitt

Trad climber

yosemite

Feb 23, 2017 - 05:45pm PT

that does look amazing. Walter is that a pic of you on the direct?
lookin' svelte there bro.

hobo_dan

Social climber

Minnesota

Feb 23, 2017 - 07:11pm PT

Bishops Terrace runs aces for hands. 3rd pitch of Central Pillar of Frenzy was very good, But the real whorehouse for hands is Bon Homme Variation at Devils Tower-- 300 feet of busting it 2-3". So fun--the real classic at DT

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Feb 24, 2017 - 05:54am PT

The Mcgee variation; to think it was put up by a sport climber.....
:)

k-man

Gym climber

SCruz

Feb 24, 2017 - 07:50am PT

There's a really good one on the approach to Nutcracker. It's short, but Marty showed us how to jam there.

Goldrush? Hahaha, that's a hand crack all right. If you're a gorilla.

Very cool pic of Sons. I remember it being cool, but not that cool. I guess I gotta go back for a refresh.

+1 for Generic. So many hands...

mike m

Trad climber

black hills

Feb 24, 2017 - 07:54am PT

walt bailey has some nice hands but you have to do some fingers first. I think Tad has one of the divest sections of hands at devils tower. Probably a good 120ft of nice 3's. Of course el cracko, solar, and assembly line all have some nice hands as well.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 24, 2017 - 08:13am PT

For something 5.8, It's a Beautiful Day at the Cwm near Flagstaff.

Sweet dihedral that reverses direction half way up as the crack stays perfect on-size hands all the way. I do have big hands though...

Mark Force

Trad climber

Ashland, Oregon

Feb 24, 2017 - 08:21am PT

Nice call on It's A Beautiful Day, Steve!

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 24, 2017 - 08:26am PT

That one could be the best hand crack at that grade anywhere.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Feb 24, 2017 - 09:18am PT

Well I'm partial but for those who know ~ Sound & Fury (5.8) (on the right)
(The finger crack Open-cockpit on the left)

The things one can run up in the moments of the dawns early light Go left, up -Petie's Spare Rib- (the white face, on the corner, left of all the overhangs, 5.4) get it wire'd 1st, climb down Lake View
The wide-ish hand (?)crack, 5.4, (on the right)

I don't have a picture but,also at Sky-Top, Jstans proud ~ "NO EXIT"

Edit I was hoping Red Swami was a'round, . . .
the center of the picture straight through the hangs is ~, The V . (5.11)
(some say easy for its grade,,,, not me)