Arete  5.11c X

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Type:  Trad, TR Consensus:  5.11+ [details] FA:  [Ken Duncan, 1991] Submitted By:  Charles Vernon on Jan 1, 2001 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (6) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Carol Kotchek on the lower part of the arete.

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Season raptor closures MORE INFO >>> The following areas are closed from March 1-July 31 or until further notice: Twin Owls, Rock One, Batman Rock, Batman Pinnacle, Sheep Mountain, Thunder Buttress, The Parish, Lightning Rock and Checkerboard Rock are currently closed. The closures include the named rock formations and the areas extending 100 yards surrounding the base of the formation. This includes all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes and climber's access trails to the formation. Alligator Rock is also closed. www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/area_closures.htm This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

A wonderful slab toprope problem which climbs just right of the SE corner of the southermost little owl. Thuggish moves off the ground, followed by some loose flakes and two more cruxes on immaculate rock.

Protection 

I list this as "vs" only because I know it has been led at least once. If you are in the league to lead it, you'll probably be able to figure out what to do for yourself. I personally doubt that any of what little pro there is would hold (behind some questionable flakes, except perhaps at the final crux. [Good Friends in horizontal breaks but runout in between]