Sun Cave Direct  5.11d

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch Consensus:  5.11d [details] FA:  Anderson, Hanson, Wright, Ziggy, 1992 Submitted By:  Richard M. Wright on Dec 24, 2001 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Seasonal Raptor Closures MORE INFO >>> As of March 7, 2012: Shakespearean Theater – restricted March, April, May. Mind Meld – restricted March, April, May. Porky’s Wall – restricted March, April, May, June. Vulture Wall – restricted March, April, May. Morning Sun Wall – restricted March, April, May, June, July. 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 

Sun Cave Direct was one of the first lead routes established in the Eastern canyon. Two hundred feet right of Wendell Spire is an open cave that gets remarkable South/West sun most of the day. Coming off the right side of the cave are two routes that, although converging on the same anchor, are distinct enough in character to merit separate entry. Sun Cave Direct is the left of the two and it runs up on good pockets and large cobbles to a convergence with Sun Cave Right just before a final bulge that will be taken on thin cobbles.

This is a good, pumpy route and different enough from anything at the Spire itself to be worth the burn. Watch the cobbles. With as little traffic as these routes see, there is no telling how well things have held together.

Protection 

Seven draws and a rope.