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Yellow Jacket 

5.10+

   

FA: Unknown
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.10 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 50 feet
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Submitted By: Paul Rezucha on Oct 1, 2005


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Paul contemplating the little move to get to the f...


Description 

Yellow Jacket is found about in the middle of the cliff and is the quite obvious smooth face starting about 15' off the ground. The three bolts are easily visible. It is not the larger smooth face seen further left which has 3 routes (5.8,9, and 10) which are toprope only. Clipping the first bolt requires care and getting to and clipping the third bolt is definitely the crux. A very fun route!


Protection 

Three bolts to 2 bolt anchor adequately protects this route although clipping the first bolt requires a 5.6 move or so and you are up about 15-20' off the ground.



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Once on the face, the climbing gets fun! Very thin moves to the third bolt which can be seen above.

Once on the face, the climbing gets fun! Very thi...

Joe, on the face, checking out the upcoming thin moves.

Joe, on the face, checking out the upcoming thin m...

Now the fun begins. Moves get thinner and thinner as you move up. The last 5 feet the climbing eases off...

Now the fun begins. Moves get thinner and thinner...


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By Alex Curtis
From: Rexburg, ID
Jul 30, 2008
rating: 5.10a

I would rate this route a 5.9+ or 5.10a. It is fairly slanted, and although the holds are tough, it isn't as bad as some of the other climbs on this rock which are rated lower. The route is a scramble up to the slanted rock which made this climb about 45 or 50 feet. Do not climb on the left side of this rock, well you could but that is not the route. Climbing on this side by the crack on the right will make this about a 5.7 or 5.8

By Taylor Christensen
5 days ago

agreed... hand holds are tough, but you can dig in with your feet and let your legs do most the work.