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P.A.'s Mother


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Submitted By: Jason Billings on Apr 2, 2005
Administrators: Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard
Latitude: 40.2656  Longitude: -111.6204 
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BETA PHOTO: West Face of P.A.'s Mother
1 Pissant 5.10b
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Description 

This rock is just past the green gate, on the north side of the creek, where the canyon narrows. The face has a chimney with an obvious crack to the right. The approach is easy and it offers a few good routes both trad and sport. All routes allow for a single rope rappel or walk off.


Getting There 

About a hundred or so feet past the second, green Rock Canyon gate look for a couple of logs crossing the stream bed at some concrete structures. If the water is running cross here; if no water (most of the year) go another fifty feet or so and cross the stream bed. You'll see a clearing ahead of you with an obvious trail leading north on the far side of the clearing. Take this trail which then turns right and deposits you at The Appendage.

Walk east past The Appendage and pick up the trail across the talus just east of the The Appendage. Follow this trail to the base of P.A.'s Mother.

Note that the trail from The Appendage to P.A.'s Mother is new as of May 2007; use it rather than the old, nasty slog up the talus directly below P.A.'s Mother.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for P.A.'s Mother:
Regular Route   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Exposed Cleavage   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Quality   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
R.R. Crossing   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Pissant   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Tough Guy   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
E.B. Jeebies   5.10d     Sport, 60 feet   
Mother of Invention   5.12a     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
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Me fiddling with some gear before starting the business on The Archbishop (5.9+). Photo by Christian Burrell.

The Archbishop 5.9+  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : P.A.'s Mother
Fantastic climb! Climb Coed Crack for 35 feet or so and then branch off to the right, heading for the obvious finger crack splitting the steep upper wall. The crack takes gear well. The crux is probably taking the time to place gear. It's pumpy! And turning the lip is problematic if you're pumped. There are good holds up there, you just need to know where to find them. There are good footholds throughout....[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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South Face of P.A.'s Mother<br />12 <a href='/v/utah/wasatch_range/rock_canyon/105873050'>Coed Crack</a> 5.6<br />13 <a href='/v/utah/wasatch_range/rock_canyon/106288457'>The Archbishop</a> 5.9+

BETA PHOTO: South Face of P.A.'s Mother
12 Coed Crack 5.6
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BETA PHOTO: Picture of P.A.'s Mother

Approach for <em>P.A.'s Mother</em>.<br />Use the trail from <em><a href='/v/utah/wasatch_range/rock_canyon/105739845'>The Appendage</a></em> rather than slogging up the heinous talus directly below <em>P.A.'s</em>.

BETA PHOTO: Approach for P.A.'s Mother.
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