Jeff on Sun Bowl 5.8 on the far right side of Trip...
Description
Area between Starship Enterprise/ Waimea and the Hinterlands.
The trails at the base are suffering from some serious erosion issues due to thier location on the mountain. Tread lightly!
The left(lower) end of Triple Corners holds most of the harder climbs whereas, the right side holds many 5.8-5.10 climbs that are worthwhile.
It isn't uncommon for beginners turned away from crowds at Vadar and Jimmy cliff to make their way down to this area.
In the middle there is a 4th class gully(don't attmept when wet). Atop the gully you will find six or so quality climbs that would make for some nice pictures.
Getting There
Walk from any of the above three and get to another one of the above three (it is the cliff you are walking by).
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Triple Corners:
Does anyone know any background on the bolted routes on either side of Man With a Hueco in His Tights? One started on the higher slab above where MWaHiHT starts (felt 5.9+ish). The other below and climbing up the adjacent face (felt 5.7ish).
There were some other challenging climbs that started further up the path towards The Hinterlands which also looked interesting.
yo jeff... i entered both routes, you will see them as Loose and Baggy 5.8+ (on the left) and Triple Delights 5.5 (on the right)... both are about right on the rating with the right beta... i really liked Triple but the other was OK... nice work on the routes i heard you walked today...
I don't remember the final name I gave Ward. I think it has had abt. 3 names at least. I better come up with a better one, as I think it was pretty stupid. One name was "Them Pins Are Loose", a quote from the Eiger Sanction., another was Amore Eel...
I think most people have told me they thought it was 5.10a or b, so 5.9 might be a little bit of a sandbag. I think it is a little more bouldery than Yoda, for instance. 10a?
Any ideas on what the sport route starting midway up the scramble ramp near the center of Triple Corners? Great climbing up and through a trihedral (lol?)
I was at the top of the gully the other day climbing skunks, and noticed a few routes left of it that I couldnt seem to find here. There is a line of bolts going straight up the arete around the corner to the left of skunks (looks hard!), and there is a monster chimney even further left that had some bolts. Probably these are in the guidebook, but it would be cool if someone familiar with them added the info here too.
yeah im not personally familiar with the climb to the left of skunks but the old guide says it goes at 5.12c/d and its called Wild Blue Yonder.... looks really fun for sure...
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