Type: | Trad, 250 ft (76 m), 2 pitches |
FA: | Rich Gottlieb, 1977. FFA of P2 - Shannon Stegg. |
Page Views: | 2,254 total · 12/month |
Shared By: | Jeff Mekolites on Nov 9, 2008 · Updates |
Admins: | Luke Cornejo, saxfiend |
For details visit: gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge
Climbers must stop at the park's visitor center to obtain a climbing permit.
Climbing access is not allowed during whitewater releases and aesthetic water releases.
For water release schedule and further information please check the park's website, gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge.
Description
P1 - 5.10 c/d - Start up one of three different variations to get up to a ledge below the obvious chimney feature. Reach high and place some gear to protect the crux sequence to keep you off the ledge. Once you get established above the crux, you get some more gear and the difficulty eases, though it is still strenuous climbing to the anchor. This pitch is amazing if you enjoy the style!
P2 - 5.11 a/b - From the anchor continue up a tricky mini chimney which turns into a short crack. Once you get to where the orange face joins the overhung face, you'll traverse across a hand ledge system with poor feet. Once established on an exposed ledge system out left, you figure out the small gear before committing to the exposed exit. Once you top out the pitch, there is an anchor station just around the corner on a ledge.
-If you have a single rope, you can't make it to the ground from this anchor. Walk across the ledge roughly 50 feet to an anchor station at the top of Autumn Gold. It is directly above a small pine. Toss your rope on skier's right of the pine and rap down a short rap to the ledge below. From here you can rap from the anchors at the top of Avante-Garde.
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