Gold Wall  5.9

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Type:  Trad, 4 pitches, 450 feet, Grade II Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Les Ellison & Chris Noble in1980 Submitted By:  bsmoot on Jun 13, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Great route on excellent rock. Exciting traversing and route finding.

P 1 - Ascend a stepped right facing corner and finger crack for 140' to a belay.(5.9)

P 2 - Climb a beautiful hand crack. Traverse right under the first roof. Move up to the second roof and continue right around it to a hanging belay or continue higher to a narrow ledge. Great, improbable pitch. (5.9) Les at his best!

P3 - Follow ramps and corners leftward to a belay near the top. (5.7)

P4 - Scramble to the top. (5.5)

Location 

Hike up the talus to a point below the left side of the long roof above.

Protection 

Standard rack, mostly small & medium cams, many runners.