Cary Granite 5.11c
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 480 feet, Grade III |
| Consensus: | 5.11c [details] |
| FA: | Greg Cameron and Clean Dan Grandusky |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Greg Cameron on Jan 1, 2005 |
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Eric Johnson pulling the roof on P3. Splitter, fr...
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Description This is the obvious crack system just left of Good Evans. We did this in 1990, wrote it up in the old loose-leaf guidebook at the Bucksnort, but the guidebook was since stolen. P1) Climb the first pitch of Good Evans (5.10d). P2) From the belay stance, continue straight up the Rappel Route about 80 feet past two sections of 5.10/5.10+ lieback followed by a 5.11- undercling. Belay just left of the obvious splitter crack that begins here and extends all the way to the top of the wall. P3) Move right on 5.11b/c face moves to the incipient crack and then move up (5.11b) past a couple of small roofs. The crack widens from fingers to hands and then to hands and fists. Belay at the stance in the crack. P4) Continue up the crack (5.9 - 5.10) past the large roof on your right to a stance in the crack. Nearly every placement on this pitch is a number 3 to 4 Camalot size. P5) Follow the crack for a short easy pitch to the top.
Protection Doubles to 4", (triple on the 2") plus a 4.5" cam.
Another look at the hand crack after the 5.11 roof...
| Clean Dan Grandusky following the crux pitch of Ca...
| Clean Dan Grandusky on the crux pitch, on the firs...
| Greg Cameron on the crux of Cary Granite, first as...
| Looking up at the fine belay ledge at the top of p...
| After the traverse on pitch 3.
| Joe on last pitch.
| Rob Kepley sets up for the burly roof crux.
| Pulling the roof on the 3rd pitch soooo good.
| Mike on the 2nd pitch.
| Getting psyched for the traverse, wishing there we...
| Kat A. follows P1 of Cary Granite (5.11-).
| The crux of P1 of Cary Granite (shared with Good E...
| Kat A. starts up following the long P2 (5.11-) of ...
| P2 of Cary Granite is broken into 3 sections, the ...
| Kat A. emerges from under the roof on P2, ready to...
| Kat A. starts the battle with the P2 roof on Cary ...
| Kat A. transitioning from under-cling to knee-bar ...
| Kat A. finishes out on the less perfect P4 of Cary...
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By mike schlauch Jul 15, 2006
| This is a nice alpine outing that doesn't seem to get done very much judging by the super sharp, clean cracks. Expect a little loose rock here and there, but overall the quality is good. Pitch 1 & 2 combine for a great long 5.11 pitch with ~20 ft of simul climbing. P3 is relatively short, ~ 80 ft, but it takes a lot of cams 1.5" - 4.5", double 2.5" - 4". P4 & 5 also combine easily into one 5.10- pitch. Double ropes are nice to have as you could practically TR the dicey traverse. Bring a few extra units for the belays on P2 (mid-range) & P3 (4"). |
By Greg Cameron Jul 30, 2007
| Just did this again yesterday with Tom Dickey. The flake that you need to pull on at the crux is so sharp that I cut my fingers pretty badly this go round. I would definitely suggest taping your fingers at the first and third joints. |
By Jay Brown Sep 3, 2007
| Sick route with tricky "Co. welcome party-like traverse" ! followed by upside down perfect hands out a roof! |
By Monty From: Morrison, Co Aug 5, 2009 rating: 5.11c
| Great Route! Couple notes: rack wise bring one blue Metolius/red C3, doubles from #0.4- #4. You could tripple up on 3s, but I didn't see any reason to. As for the belay on top of the crux pitch, my #4 didn't fit the crack, but there is a nice ledge out left with a bolt that you can equalize with some small pieces. Get on it! |
By joel douglas From: Denver CO Jul 27, 2010
| Just did this route yesterday and it was rad. After the crux traverse pitch into the hand crack over the roof, we made an anchor 20' above the roof using a BD #3 and #4. The next pitch took us to the top of the wall. This pitch required leap frogging a BD #5 for roughly 60' of well-featured, wide crack climbing into 5.6 face to the top. |
By Lizzy Scully Aug 7, 2011
| This route is stunning, one of the most splitter I have done in Colorado. Hard traverse, followed by a radical, steep roof on the crux. Awesome! My partner cut her fingers going over the roof as well, so tape is a good idea. I accidentally ran the crux & following pitch together. It worked out well. There was very little rope drag. I brought too much gear. Didn't place anything smaller than a 0.3 Camalot and only a few nuts, but 2 of everything else up to #4 is nice. No #5 necessary. There are two small fixed nuts in the bottom crux. The pitch would be better if they were taken out. |
By Ben Walburn Jun 10, 2012
| Does it get much better than this? A must do for the area. |
By Tony B From: Around Boulder, CO Aug 20, 2012 rating: 5.11 PG13
| Best of the routes on the wall. Don't let the grades or stories intimidate you. If you can climb 5.11, you can do this. |
By Guy H. From: Fort Collins CO Sep 1, 2012
| It looks like you can do the 5.11 traverse three different ways. -Hands on the horizontal with bad feet -Feet on the horizontal using the low side pulls -If you are over ~6'2", you can grab a great crimp halfway so the hard moves are right next to your gear. I would recommend taping your 3 middle fingers on both hands. The flake above the roof is SHARP! The 1st 20ft of P4 would be unprotected without a #5 C4. I guess if you have small knees, the climbing would be very secure. |
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