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The Wasp

Submitted By: Granger on Aug 1, 2006
Administrators: Andrew Gram, Perin Blanchard
Latitude: 40.2665  Longitude: -111.6250 
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BETA PHOTO: The Wasp

1. Yellow Jacket 5.11b
2. The Wasp 5.1...



Description 

Interesting spire of quartzite on the north side of the mouth of Rock Canyon. It's in the same gully you use to get to Trilogy Buttress. Not very busy, so the rock's not polished. The slope along the base of the wall is about a 45 degree angle, so be careful not to knock too much rock down on your friends as you scramble up.

Also, FYI, if you continue up the slope past The Wasp, and stay to the right, there's a cool little crevice to play in. You can stem up into a hole in a ceiling which will put you back into the main gully. If it wasn't such a loose climb to get to it, it would be a really cool bouldering problem to play in. You can see the spot in the picture of Trilogy Gully below; it's the really dark spot straight above the spot marked as The Wasp.


Getting There 

On the north side of the canyon mouth, use the trail immediately east of the water tank. Pass the first fork (where, if you went left, you'd go to Super Bowl Wall) continuing straight up the gully.

When you get near the base of The Wasp, there will be a steep scree to your left that you can follow around to the west side. (It's easier to go this way than along the dark rock that separates Super Bowl from The Wasp.)


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Wasp:
Tillite Delight   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 25 feet   
The Wasp   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Green Hornet   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
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The lower, tillite, southeast-facing part of <em>The Wasp</em>.<br />8 <a href='/v/utah/wasatch_range/rock_canyon/106135382'>Tillite Delight</a> 5.9<br />9 Glacial Recession 5.10d<br />10 <a href='/v/utah/wasatch_range/rock_canyon/106135387'>Glacial Obsession</a> 5.10b

BETA PHOTO: The lower, tillite, southeast-facing part of T...

Rock Canyon mouth - Trilogy Gully<br /><br />1. Bad Bananas<br />2. Superbowl Wall<br />3. The Wasp<br />4. Trilogy Buttress<br />5. ? Unknown (3 routes; 1 set of chains)<br />6. ? Unknown (4 routes; 3 sets of chains) <br />7. Jobsite<br /><br />Notes:<br /><ul style='margin:0 0; padding:0 0;'><li> For 5 & 6, Darren would know, but he's never around when I stop by The Quarry.</li></ul><ul style='margin:0 0; padding:0 0;'><li> There are 2 bolted routes on the left/west side of Trilogy in the pic. They both look like alternate routes to the second pitch. </li></ul>

BETA PHOTO: Rock Canyon mouth - Trilogy Gully

1. Bad Bananas
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