Just when you think you're solid on 5.11 at Rifle, you come across this route. Technically the climbing is low-end 5.11, but when you're looking at 20+ foot whippers if you blow the crux, it somehow feels a bit stiff at the grade. However, this route offers "good climbing on great rock" and is well worth climbing if you're in the neighborhood.
By Monomaniac Administrator From: Morrison, CO Oct 18, 2009
This is a good route with excellent rock, but it tends to be covered in dirt most of the time, which significantly detracts from the experience. The climbing is relatively weird a la Ivory Tower, & most of the other routes on this part of the cliff. To keep the grade in the 5.11 range its necessary to weave a great deal to either side of the bolt line. I didn't find it to be runout by old school standards. Probably not the best warm-up.
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