Styx n Stones  5.10

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Type:  Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet Consensus:  5.10 [details] FA:  Mark Motes, late 1970s Submitted By:  Karl Kiser on Jun 18, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Styx n Stones: second pitch (early 1980s).

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Description 

Three short pitches.
P1: Climb the steep crack in a corner and belay on a large ledge.
P2: Traverse left from the belay and climb a short difficult crack (the crux). Continue higher, clip a bolt and belay next to a block above.
P3: Climb up an easy face (one bolt?) to the top.

Location 

Uphill of Wish You Were Here. The start is a steep crack in a corner on the left side of the gully.

Protection 

Standard Organ trad rack. There is a bolt above the crux. Rap off the east side of the Citadel and walk back to the packs.