Tennessee Wall Rock Climbing
with Granite Arches Climbing Guides

Description: The Tennessee Wall is one of the East Coast's premier year-round climbing destinations.  Boasting climbs from 50 to 120 feet, this seemingly endless wall is composed of firm sandstone, and the formation of the wall provides for continuously vertical aspects.  The most striking feature of Tennessee Wall, however, is it's rich assortment of super high-quality cracks.  Hundreds of cracks of every description mark the walls in right and left facing corners, and even in splitter cracks on vertical faces.  Crack climbing was the first and is the most basic form of climbing, but it also is the foundation for general rock climbing skills. For this reason, Tennessee Wall offers a unique setting to learn the art of rock-climbing, or to further develop crack climbing skills. 

Location: The Tennessee Wall is located minutes from the town of Chattanooga, in southeastern Tennessee. 

Climbing Season:  Climbing is best at Tennessee Wall from the fall, through winter, into the spring.  Even during cold-spells, the south facing Tennessee Wall soaks up the sun and remains temperate.  It is not uncommon to spend chilly winter days at the Tennessee Wall climbing the classic cracks in a t-shirt.

What We Offer: Granite Arches offers professional rock climbing guiding and instruction year-round at the Tennessee Wall.  Granite Arches offers private guided instruction only, so you or your group will not be with any other climbers.    Our 'courses' are not set in stone, because our instruction is private and custom tailored to each client.  Instead, instructional goals of varying levels are integrated into "focus areas" to be seamlessly woven into your climbing day at the crags.  The focus areas covered by you and your guide are determined by your technical skill and practical knowledge and follow a natural progression.  

Our Credentials: Our climbing guides are  professionals who have climbed and guided rock, snow and ice allover the Southeastern US., but also in South America, Greenland, Europe, and Canada. They bring that experience to your rock climbing adventure. Swis Stockton, head guide at Granite Arches, is one of only four American Mountain Guides Association and United States Mountain Guides Association certified guides in the southeast U.S., and the only one with Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS) and Wilderness Paramedic certification and training.