Red Cloud  5.10a

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 160 feet Consensus:  5.10a [details] FA:  Jeff Baldwin Submitted By:  Perin Blanchard on Oct 31, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (4) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Perin starting up Red Cloud.

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Private Land Owned by Teck Cominco Mining Co MORE INFO >>> Check with local climbing shops for access info to this and other Utah Hills Crags. Info at: The Desert Rat (435) 628-7277 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 

An excellent, long route through interesting (and sharp!) rock. A large dish midway up, just to the right of the line allows for a no-hands rest (and for clowning around).

At the midpoint rap anchors the rock gets a bit steeper, but good holds abound and in only one or two locations do you wish for slightly better feet.

Location 

The left variation of the lines that start up the tall main face of The Watch Tower proper. There is a rectangular, slotted pocket below the first bolt, which can be gripped like a ladder rung. After the fourth bolt, head left (to the left of the bathtub dish in which grass grows).

Protection 

Fourteen bolts (the guide says seventeen — I'm pretty sure I would have noticed an additional three bolts but I didn't see 'em). Bolted anchors.

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Walt at the midpoint rap anchors.	Walt a bit past halfway on Red Cloud.	Relaxing in the "bathtub." Photo by Zane.