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5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
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Type: | Trad, 120 ft (36 m) |
FA: | Juth, 2001. Variation - Gillett, 2002 |
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Shared By: | JF M on Feb 7, 2015 |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays
Details
Per Kai Bouwman: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.
From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…
From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…
Access Issue: CLOSED - PRIVATE PROPERTY. This entire area is on private property and is closed.
Details
Per Matt B: this entire area (including Upper Infirmary Slabs) is on private property. Check USFS maps, and you'll see a rectangular chunk of private property just off the road at the beginning of Coffin Top Gulch. This unfortunately includes the beginning of the Coffintop Trail as well. As it stands, the landowner does not want climbers on his property, so these crags should be avoided.
Description
Begin at two blocks and a dead tree; traverse left to a flake and follow the right-leaning crack that splits the wide, rounded formation.
Variation - ascend the plant-filled crack. This is probably not for leading.
Variation - ascend the plant-filled crack. This is probably not for leading.
Location
This route is located on a rock named in Gillett's guide as "The Ellipse." To find it, approach as for Upper Infirmary Slabs, then hang a right and walk over some boulders, continuing uphill, trend left until a tunnel under a large boulder is apparent. Either crawl through the tunnel or go around to the right. Hang a left and go 40 or so feet to two large blocks and a large dead tree. The route starts here and follows the left of the two cracks (i.e., not the one with plants growing in it).
Alternately, climb Emergency Entrance, and it puts you almost at the base of this route.
Rappel from a tree with a quick-link and webbing (even better - bring along some webbing to replace the tat). A 70m rope gets you down.
Alternately, climb Emergency Entrance, and it puts you almost at the base of this route.
Rappel from a tree with a quick-link and webbing (even better - bring along some webbing to replace the tat). A 70m rope gets you down.
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