Cold September Corner 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.8 [details] |
| FA: | Joe Herbst, Stephanie Petrilak, and Bill Bradley, 1978 |
| Submitted By: | Matt Faust on Mar 7, 2004 |
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Description Start in the corner to the right of the low roof which forms a cave in the middle of Sunnyside Crags. Climb the corner crack up through a couple roofs to a anchor under another big roof. This route is very intimidating for the grade, but the moves are there and are very enjoyable.
Protection Standard rack to #3 Camalot
The roofs, oh the roofs, great protection.
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| Comments on Cold September Corner |
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By John Hegyes From: Las Vegas, NV May 8, 2005 rating: 5.8
| This is such a great route. The roof looks totally improbable but when climbing it, the moves are all there and it's well protected with #4 and #3.5 Camalots. I've done a second pitch to this route, which wasn't as stellar but fun nonetheless. There is no fixed anchor for pitch 2 but plenty of gear placements. We walked left, up canyon, for quite some ways until we found a rappel anchor in a waterstreak. The anchor was a natural thread with slings and rings and we rapped with two ropes. |
By Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? From: Vegas May 25, 2005
| A fun, interesting route! You won't experience boredom on it, that's for sure! The roof move was pure fun after figuring out how to protect it. The only thing I didn't care that much for on the climb was the awkward stance and move over to the uncomfortable hanging belay, but who said climbing's all pleasure and no pain? |
By d-know From: electric lady land Jan 26, 2006 rating: 5.8
| a big roof with jugs is not to be missed. i had a blast |
By Karsten From: Sacramento, CA Sep 27, 2006 rating: 5.8
| One of the most classic pitches I have done at Red Rocks. A cool route with improbably easy moves. |
By Matt McMurray From: Castle Rock, CO Apr 23, 2007 rating: 5.8
| Probably the best moderate at this crag. Good protection and fun moves. |
By Dr. Evil From: Boulder, CO May 4, 2007
| A good route: it looks harder than it is. |
By Scott Miller From: Denver, CO Mar 31, 2008
| I thought this climb was a ton of fun!! It sealed the deal for my love of Red Rock. |
By Andy Laakmann Site Landlord From: Bend, OR Oct 4, 2009
| Super fun. The roof was cool.. #4 and #3.5 camalot sewed it up, and I ended up chimneying across facing left. Good times! 60m rope just makes it. |
By dana eyde From: Tucson Mar 30, 2010
| A great route for people who are newer to roofs. The roof-corner is high enough to make for a bit of psych-out factor; but when you arrive there it's possible to actually "sit," with legs stemming out to either a Coach legroom or Business Class legroom, giving one time to take some deep breaths and gather one's self for the exposure move to clear the corner. With the length of my legs, i chose Business Class, although on an airplane they would probably kick me out of that section. |
By Mark J Gain May 23, 2011 rating: 5.8+
| I think its longer than 60 Ft. Great route and one of the funnest pitches I have done in RR. And to have done it with Karen just made it that more special! Roofs, good jams, stemming, face climbing etc... its all there in one long pitch! Cool cave to hang out in at the belay too. The fixed #3 cam in the first roof is there for good, its trashed anyways but if you see it you know your on the correct route. |
By John Wilder From: Las Vegas, NV Jul 11, 2011 rating: 5.8
| Probably the best single pitch of 5.8 in the park- or damn close to it. I seriously can't believe I climbed here for nearly a decade before getting on this thing. So classic! Bring a #4 for the roof to supplement the fixed piece at the lip and some extra smallish stuff (to #0.75 camalot) for gear. A single 60m will get you off it, but just barely- I'd say its probably exactly 100'. |
By Edward Pyune From: Las Vegas, NV Nov 4, 2012 rating: 5.8
| Fun climb! As intimidating as the climb appears, the holds are all solid and in the right spot, you just gotta find them! The fixed cam that has been mentioned is gone. Definitely bring a #4 for the roof. There is a piton to the right once you get up that seems pretty solid (not much experience with those). Definitely a climb you gotta do if you are in the area. |
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