Beginners Route 5.5 R
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| Type: | Trad, 10 pitches, 1000 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.5 [details] |
| FA: | Hebert C Towle and friends 1930's |
| Submitted By: | lee hansche on Jun 3, 2008 |
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Diane enjoying wonderful climbing on P2.
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Description The Beginners Route is just as fun as the Standard Route but sees far less traffic mostly due in my mind to over sight by folks that are just used to climbing the Standard, also there is a bit of a committing section on the 5th pitch where you are required to run it out a bit on friction... So if you are very comfortable on Standard and you think you could keep your wits about you for a pitch of run out 5.5, next time you hit the slabs give this one a try, it really wont let you down...
Pitch 1: Scamper up to the pine tree about 100 feet up on the right end of the slab...
Pitch 2: 5.5 Head left from the tree and gain a crack... Climb the crack over a bulge and when it ends follow a dike to a 2 bolt belay...
Pitch 3: 5.1 follow the easy dike to another 2 bolt belay... you will be looking above you at the right trending arch...
Pitch 4: 5.2 Follow the arch to the right and belay at an anchor near a flake...
Pitch 5: 5.5 Climb up and over the bulge on the flake and on to the slab above... Friction your way up the slab aiming for the corner at the left of the overlaps above you... belay from the bottom of the corner...
Pitch 6: 5.4 climb up the corner with friction and some cracks until you can climb straight up over the steep wall on your right to a pine tree with a thread belay next to a block... This is a comfy scenic spot to chill and take it all in...
Pitch 7: 5.4 Climb around the block and continue up the ramp until you see a dike in the steep wall to your right climb moderately up the dike and on to trees above...
Pitch 8-top (300ft): from here you can chose your own adventures on to the top but if it gets harder than 5.3 find a better way... i like to traverse over on an exposed slab (kinda scary at first) and join standard routes dikes to the top but there are many choices...
Care full route finding may be required on the second half to avoid an epic... Just take your time and bring your guide book...
Location on the far right side of the slabs look for a big pine tree about 100 feet up the low angle rock...
Protection A standard whitehorse rack...
Climbers at both end anchors of P5.
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BETA PHOTO: Chris on pitch 3 or 4 of beginners route...The rig...
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BETA PHOTO: Looking down pitch three on BR
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Ryan Nicholson on pitch 3 of 'Beginners Route'
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Zackary(3 years old) at the tree belay
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MacKenzie(4 and a half years old) at the tree bel...
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Another one of MacKenzie
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another one of Zackary
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MacKenzie and I at the top of pitch 1
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| Comments on Beginners Route |
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By Adam Wilcox
From: Candia, NH
Sep 13, 2009
rating: 5.5 PG13
| Just climbed this today. I'd agree that it's at least as good as Standard. Less crowded too. |
By nhclimber
From: Newmarket, NH
Sep 29, 2009
rating: 5.5 R
| Fun route, better time than I expected. Good to simul-climb/solo. |
By Pete Johnston
Oct 4, 2010
rating: 5.5 R
| Louise and I both really enjoyed this route. Need two ropes for rappels. The locals told us, "no one tops out, the trail down isn't really there." We climbed with one rope, then did a VERY creative rappel to join up with our friends who climbed Sliding Board. We all four rappeled together at that point. Epic averted! |
By Adam Winters
Administrator
From: the Shire
Jun 26, 2011
| The trail is definitely there. Topping out is more than worth it. |
By Mike McLean
Oct 11, 2011
| There is most definitely a trail down from the top. And it is a very obvious one at that (marked most of the way). I'd submit that if you top out, it's possibly quicker to walk off. |
By john strand
From: southern colo
Oct 12, 2011
| The trail down may be harder than the route. This is a nice mellow climb with great rock.. |
By Peter Lewis
From: Bridgton, Maine
May 22, 2012
| This route is as good, if not better than Standard Route, and is almost never crowded. Beware of the name, however; it is not a good choice for novice leaders (even though the rating is mellow). As with most Whitehorse slab routes, there are some very long runnouts. |
By Jcomeau
From: Hopkinton, MA
Aug 21, 2012
| How is the gear through the arch? Looking to maybe lead it. Im a begining leader but am following most of the route |
By chris magness
Sep 2, 2012
| Gear in the arch is great, although I usually run it and blast up the slab to the right of the arch instead and get protection in a flake at the top of the arch. |
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