Type: Trad, Alpine, 650 ft (197 m), 6 pitches, Grade II
FA: Joe Kelsey & David Loeks, 1974
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Shared By: Chris Walden on Aug 19, 2016
Admins: Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson

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Description Suggest change

This route follows the distinct line up the right side of the north face from the col between Overhanging Tower and Shark's Nose. We found the climbing on Shark's Nose as good as any in the Cirque and followed the beta from the Bechtel guide book.

Descent:
There are two options for descending off the North/South Shark Nose summits. From the North Summit follow the rap stations back down the NW Buttress (Thoroughfare route) approximately 5 of them. From the South Summit follow the obvious 4 raps south towards Block Tower. Both descents/raps can be done with a 60m rope.

Location Suggest change

The route starts at the notch between Overhanging Tower and Shark's Nose. From the notch move up a finger crack to a small ledge then work right and up to more ledges. Once you reach an obvious huge ledge after about 3 pitches you can join up with the NW Buttress 5.6 route to the summit.

Protection Suggest change

Single alpine rack is sufficient to #3 (although we had doubles .4-#1)

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