Jill's Thrill  5.9

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Type:  Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet, Grade II Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Nate Ball on Dec 11, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (12) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Beacon Rock is only open to climbers from July 15th through February 2nd due to peregrine falcon nesting. MORE INFO >>> From the Washington Park's Page Beacon Rock offers excellent opportunities for rock climbing except where it interferes with nesting raptors, primarily on the south face. The presence of the falcon nest requires that the south face be closed to technical rock activity February 1 to mid-July annually; open the rest of the year. The east face is closed year-round due to environmental sensitivity. Call the park at (509) 427-8265 for more information. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Start as for Southeast Corner and climb up to the first belay. Straight above the belay is an obtuse corner; if you're unsure which crack it is, there are no continuous cracks to the right of it. There are two fixed pitons on this section. There are a few business moves on it, but it's over pretty quickly. Belay at anchor on a ledge to the left at 70 ft.

Step back to the right and continue up through shallow jams on slabby rock, over some ledgy ground, and up a steeply angled flared crack system to another large ledge and bolt anchor. Skip this and keep going up, taking the crack to the right of the anchor into a shallow corner and up to a dirty, grassy ledge and a final awkward stemming move up to a final anchor without webbing.

You can rap the route with a single 60m rope. You can also walk left of the final anchor and use another set of anchors (which route?) so that you're not coming down on top of parties coming up the Southeast Corner. Recommended.

Location 

From the top of the first pitch of SE Corner route, go straight up.

Protection 

Gear to 2"