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Location: CO : Fort Collins : Poudre Canyon : Crystal Wall : North Face : Fantastic Voyage (5.11d) By: Aaron Martinuzzi When: Sep 5, 2009 | view comment >> | Comments: Whatever route this is, the second pitch definitely improves the overall route quality and, I think, is fairly graded at 11d. The crux is sort of short, but is pretty powerful and rather than doing the moves to be rewarded by a big rest, you have to climb an 11ish sequence to a nice hold, and then some 10 moves to a legit rest.
This route is more like 165 feet long. P1: ~90 ft, P2: 72ft.
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Location: CO : Fort Collins : Poudre Canyon : Crystal Wall : North Face : Unknown West Crack (5.9) By: Aaron Martinuzzi When: Sep 5, 2009 | view comment >> | Comments: Climbed this route on 4-Sept, and it was dirty and not particularly enjoyable. By the time I made it to the top of the actual crack, I had absolutely no interest in traversing under the big roof, though the traverse did look pretty reasonable after a couple sorta-thin opening moves. I belayed my partner up to the alcove at the top of the crack off of medium cams, and we scrambled to the top of the wall. Walking climber's left will get you to the anchors of Fantastic Voyage. Climbing the face to... more >>
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