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Ophir Broke 

5.10a

   

FA: James Garrett and Pat Maloney, April 2007
New Route: Yes
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.10a [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 110 feet
Season: Anytime
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Submitted By: James Garrett on Apr 17, 2007


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Description 

The crux is turning a thought provoking corner and ascending the headwall. This spur of rock will clean up tremendously with traffic. It reminded me of Wasatch's Devil's Castle routes albeit much shorter. With that said, watch for loose rock for the time being.


Location 

Continue up the hill following the faint trail up the scree slope of Upper Portwood Wall. This follows one of the longest portions of the wall. From the road, it appears to be an arete. Walk the base of the wall up and right and look for a detached pillar. Look for a belay piton on a small ledge. If you choose to top rope with a 60m rope, a two bolt belay has been installed about 20 feet up the route past the loose low angle beginning section of the line.


Protection 

11 QDs to a two bolt belay.



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By TP in SLC
From: Cottonwood Heights, UT
Jul 18, 2008

This thing has really cool schist/brown dyke thingys on it. They are almost chickenhead-esque. Fun climb.