The Cave Route  WI3

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Type:  Ice, 1 pitch, 75 feet Consensus:  WI3 [details] FA:  Chris Hassig & Bob Pike Submitted By:  lee hansche on Feb 1, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (10) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

The cave route in early season (a little thin but ...

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Description 

Follow the gully to the right all the way, and you will find the cool unique ice of The Cave Route....
Starting out on a steep grade 3 bulge, you will gain a rest ledge and step right to easier ice.... This section is where the route gets its name, as you climb you will have rock at your back, the fatter the ice the tighter the space you are climbing in.... At the top, you step back left and tackle one more steep bulge.... There is a tree at the top with rap rings....

A very fun climb.... I'd call it a must do....

Location 

Far right climb in the gully...Hard to miss....

Protection 

Ice screws, or, if you prefer, bring some rock gear. There are opportunities for rock protection in many places on the route....

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BETA PHOTO: Another view of the Cave Route... December 2007...	Looking down the Cave Route... When the ice gets f...	Dad topping out the cave route... this can be tric...
cave route...	Looking down the Cave Route with the Wimpy-Gilman ...	My first time climbing ice... hence the bad techni...
The Cave Route from a distance	A fat Cave Route makes for a harder (also more fun...	Bradley White leading Cave Route Feb. 1, 2012. Ph...
Cave Route, Rumney, NH. March 2011	Cave Route 2/10/13 I do find this climb to be a b...