Normal Route  5.2

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Type:  Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 800 feet Consensus:  5.2 [details] FA:  ? Submitted By:  Jared Brown on Aug 18, 2005 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (8) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Clawing the grass at the top of the offroute 5.5 c...

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Description 

The route starts just to the right of the large snow filled gully. We went straight up some wet rock ledges that ended at a 20 foot corner ~5.5. The easier way we found on the way down is to cut left up toward the gully on an angling ramp (4th class ramp described in guide books?) that was somewhat wet grimy but pretty easy, and even had mountain goat tracks on it. From here, it's easy grass up to below the upper cliffs, traverse right behind a small detached block, across the top of a gully (we went down this on the descent) and continue up grass and rock ledges at the base of the summit cliffs. Eventually, you hit the short rock step below the notch. There was a longer (30-40 feet) crack in a corner, and around the corner farther, a 20 foot section with a couple groove type features (5.2 section). We went up this, I didn't really notice any decent gear, but it is short, with a big, but sloping ledge below, and there was a slung block to anchor to. From here, go up to the notch, and start traversing back left on exposed ledges. There's one spot where you step around a corner with a straight drop directly below, this was the only place besides the rock step we used the rope. Right after this, there's an easy chimney back up left, then easy scrambling with one tricky move to the summit. On the way down, we found an 8 foot slot at the top of the final chimney to go down to avoid the exposed step around, and made a short rap down the 5.2 rock step. There's also two bolts on the summit to rap off the north side with two ropes.

Protection 

We used a 50 foot 7 mm cord, a few slings, and one medium-sized nut.

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BETA PHOTO: North side of Jagged.	The traverse across the South Face just before the...	Mike rapping from the slings atop the second crux....
John Prater in the notch on Jagged where the stand...	John Prater downclimbing the final chimney section...	BETA PHOTO: North Face route on Jagged Mountain. Photo taken ...
The north face of Jagged.	Mostly blocky scrambling.	Some decent looking splitters.