Easy start, then a bouldery move to a slope.

Master of Puppets

SE Climbing

Yellow King

Beer and Doughnuts (Training Anchor)

Blacksmith

Ace of Spades

Scruffy City Blues

Rigby

Thunderstruck

Suttree

The Road

Madelade

Johnny's Quest

Dark Side of the Moon

G-Thing

The Baker (Open Project)

Krusty the Klown

Down on the Corner

Mordecai

The Butcher

Travelling Man

High Five Ghost

(Kelly's Project)

The Candlestick Maker

Joker and the Thief

Carcosa

Use Me

Lumberjack

Into the Void

Pops

Mowgli

Raksha

True Detective

Muscle Man

Generally easy moves, great for learning lead climbing.

Fun stemming on some pointed flakes to a seemingly featureless dihedral.  Move onto the face, pull the bulge (crux), then fun moderate climbing to the top.

Moderate holds paired with good footwork down low leads to a great sidepull sequence.  Fun route, can stick clip the second bolt.

A thin section down low leads to the seam below the roof, skirt to the left of the roof, then climb the face to the top.  Fun climbing on decent thin holds.

A bouldery start (v5-6) to some moderate climbing above.  Stick clip.

Slab climbing to a more vertical face.  Good holds to a section with odd body tension protected by a permanent draw, then finish to the anchors.  High first bolt.

Fun moves down low to smaller holds near the lip, pull the lip to the anchors.

Easy moves to the second bolt, then begin the increasingly thin section to a difficult move onto the ledge.  Fun moderate 5.9 climbing to the top.

Work the thin slab to a stance under the slightly overhanging face.  Fight off some pump and use a sidepull to move up the face and over a bulge.

Easy moves approach a thin technical (edgey) slab in the middle.  Once the lip is gained, climb the more moderate moves to the anchors.  It is possible to reach the anchors of this climb from the top of Madelade in order to toprope.

Small holds and crimps down low allows you to gain a fist crack.  Climb the crack to the bulge.  Find the small holds on the face above and make balancey moves to the top.  An excellent climb at the grade.  Perfect for a lead climber wanting to break into 10s.

Climb the slab dihedral with several good stances to the top.  This route may extend another bolt length to the top in the future.

A great first lead route, and for beginning climbers.  Fun moves down low lead to a stance, then easy climbing on good holds to the top.

Easy climbing.  Excellent for a beginning lead climber or setting up a toprope for novice friends.  Blocky climbing with several stances throughout.  Ends just below a small overhang.

An easy scrable to the base of the roof.  Then a short but very powerful climb to the anchors at the top of the roof.  A bat hang to gain the initial crimp rail, then sharp and very textured holds to the top, ending in a huge throw to a poor hold on top.  Unclimbed.  Open Project.

Easy climbing down low to a face.  Some stemming climbing to a stance, then find holds to the anchors.  Sometimes dirty.

Moderate face climbing to the lip.  Crux is the final move.

Climb the somewhat thin smeary face to the seam in the roof.  Search for a good sidepull and pull the roof to decent holds above, continue onto the face above.  Excellent climb for this grade in the area.

Opening few moves are somewhat balancey, then pull over the bulge and gain a stance.  Easy climbing to the anchors.

Fun moves on large textured holds down low leads to a horn under the roof.  Clip the permanent draw, then pull the move over the lip onto the slab (crux).  Fun easy slab to the top.  Often dirty, but generally doesn't effect the climb.

(CLIMB CLOSED) Easily gain the first bolt, then stretching move off the undercling into a very powerful section.  Unsent.  The immortal KB is continuing to work on this project.

Blocky climbing, then a traverse to the anchors.

A bouldery start leads to easy climbing above.  Interesting sequence in the middle.

Somewhat dirty start, then traverse out right to gain a stance.  One large move just below the anchors.

Somewhat bouldery start on sidepulls until you reach a stance, then two bolts to the anchors.   Sometimes wet.

A reachy, bouldery start leads to some interesting face climbing above.

Difficult bouldering moves (v6-7+) to a horizontal crack jug rail. Moderate Climbing to the top. 

ROUTE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.  The first hanger has been removed.  Moderate climbing to the lip.

The apron just to the right of "Krusty the Klown."  In keeping with the concept of a 'learning crag,' this route is very easy and meant for a new climber wanting to practice clipping, anchor setup, and anchor cleaning.  It is possible to scramble up the side of this climb to setup a top rope.  This 5.3 climb ("Mowgli") ends at the first set of anchors on top of the obvious ledge.  "Raksha" is the 5.10b route from the ground to the top set of anchors.  Often dirty.

This is the extension of Mowgli.  Climb Mowgli (5.3) to anchors, clip one then move up onto the face above.  The crux is protected by a chain permadraw.  Move off small holds onto the bulge to work left of the overhang, then easy climbing to the anchors. "Raksha" is the 5.10b route from the ground to the top set of anchors.  Often dirty.

Short somewhat powerful route with unusual holds.  Pull the bulge (crux) with a big move, then head up the easier holds to the anchors.

A largish move down low, to easy climbing in the middle.  The holds become thin and searchy just before the lip to the anchors.

Ijams Crag is a sport climbing area in the heart of South Knoxville's Urban Wilderness and is 10 minutes from downtown. 34 routes that range in height from 30' to 60' & in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13. Cliff is generally E/NE facing, with some sun early and shade later in the day. This is an old marble/limestone quarry that has been cleared of invasive vegetation and most loose rock that has left an interesting style of, close to home, climbing. Great for an afternoon work-out on challenging, but short, routes or for those new to the sport who want to figure out climbing before heading out to bigger and better places. Ijams Crag Website

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