Wikipedia Yonah Mountain
About 20 miles from the house - love that place. Second picture with lake in foreground shows the hike in. The parking lot is about 200 yards from the lake. 1400 foot elevation change over 2.5 miles.
The main face you see in the photos at the top is 200 - 250 feet high by nearly half a mile wide, with over 100 routes from 1 to 3 pitches, and grades from baby-beginner to 5.12. Sport, trad and easy top-ropping in roughly equal quantities. There are four other crags on the mountain with anywhere from half a dozen to two dozen routes. Mostly friction slabs, but some cracks, overhangs, flakes and dihedrals too. And because it's one flat, massive wall of granite, most routes offer several variations.
When the kids get older, we're gonna climb every damn pitch on that mountain! That's why I gotta get more fit. My 8-year-old daughter has already climbed 3 or 4 of the 1-pitch beginner routes, and the boys climb part way up until their fear of heights kicks in. None of them complain about the 5 miles of hiking, so that's pretty awesome.
