Iron Cross 5.11a
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 230 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11a [details] |
| FA: | Charlie Raymond, Pat Callis. FFA P1 Gib Lewis, Tobin Sorenson. P2 John Long, Richard Harrison. |
| Season: | Early Spring |
| Submitted By: | Chris Owen on Mar 4, 2006 |
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BETA PHOTO: Iron Cross (5.11a)
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Description Traverse right on a ledge to get onto a pinnacle. P1 The thin crack is taxing, but does take nuts and thin cams, the crux involves technical and slightly desperate moves. P2 Your mates' big lead. Up a shallow ramp to the meat of P2. Thin face leads to an apparent impasse, but a sly move left (the Iron Cross) bypasses this to lead to a shallow ramp with pins, more face leads to the top. A long a worrying pitch, but brilliant (when you've done it).
Location Descent as for Valhalla.
Protection Nuts, thin cams, bolts, pins.
By Bruce Diffenbaugh
From: Cheyenne,Wyoming
Feb 5, 2008
rating: 5.11a
| One the most technical 5.11 climbs on this wall.A real test. |
By tony grice
May 5, 2008
rating: 5.11a
| Are there supost to be pins on the first pitch? There were none as of 5/3/08.Did the pin gobblin eat them? |
By C Miller
Administrator
May 5, 2008
| Fixed pins are usually in place, but they seem to come and go. Modern gear protects in lieu of the pins but take some effort to get in - which is why the pins are there - or not. The same thing happens over at Tahquitz on the Green Arch. |
By Mar' Himmerich
From: Santa Fe, NM
Aug 26, 2008
| I popped off the crux for a second and realized that the name of the route is PERFECT! |
By Jonathan Clark
From: Philadelphia, PA
Jun 28, 2010
| No fixed pins on p1 as of 6/13/10 |
By ChugachMan
Sep 20, 2010
| Again, no pitons on P1 as of 9.18.2010. Definitely need some pretty good small gear to protect P1. Fantastic climbing on P1, and especially P2, but a fall on P1 could have bad results as gear is tricky to place. |
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