A fun, moderate, bolted, multi-pitch route on less-than-stellar quartzite. Snatch adds two pitches above the routes on the left side of The Jobsite.
P1 Climb any of the four right-most bolted routes on The Jobsite’s left side, clip the chains and keep climbing to the base of Snatch proper. You’ll see hanger-and-ring anchors at the base of a wide dihedral with a black streak down it, just below a small bush. Approximately 75 feet.
P2 Make a tenuous couple of moves through some crumbly rock to the first bolt and then continue up through seven more bolts of better rock. The crux is a small overhang after the last bolt, then onto a ledge with the anchors. Approximately 80 feet.
P3 Follow the first three bolts, angling slightly left and then bear right a bit for the next couple of bolts. Pass to the right of a gnarled juniper and follow the last two bolts up a shallow trough. Continue in line with the final two bolts to the chains. Approximately 100 feet.
To belay the second up P3 you’ll probably want to extend from the chains a few feet to stand comfortably on a ledge.
Descend via three single-rope rappels.
Location
Located on the darker quartzite above the left side of The Jobsite. Climb one of the four right-most bolted routes on the left side (the two left-most routes won’t work).
Protection
P1 9 to 10 bolts (depending on the route chosen), hanger-and-ring anchors P2 8 bolts, hanger-and-ring anchors P3 8 bolts, hanger-and-chain anchors
Did this route yesterday with Christian and Bret. Some loose rock, but hey, that's what you get on that side of the canyon. The second pitch is the best. We thought the anchors at the top of the third pitch were in a pretty lousy position--makes pulling the ropes difficult on rappel. A fun climb that I'll do again.
The loose stuff can mostly be avoided. Really nice ledges at every belay. The start of each pitch is really fun. Then end of the second pitch is the crux but is really easy to climb around it by climbing a big flake to the left. Going this way keeps the overall rating below 5.9. Would be nice if the last anchor had a chain over the lip to hgelp alieviate rope drag when pulling the ropes after the first rap.
By Perin Blanchard Administrator From: Orem, UT Mar 26, 2008
I've been told that Christian added some chains to the top pitch anchors.
By Perin Blanchard Administrator From: Orem, UT Apr 17, 2008
I did this again and led the top pitch (which I'd followed before). I inadvertently skipped the fourth bolt on that pitch because I didn't see it. So...if you get above the third bolt and you think things are getting a bit run out, look around for a bolt. Based on my experience it's a wee bit difficult to find.
I also updated the description a bit to account for the chain extension to the top anchors.
You can rappel the route with a 60m rope, there is plenty of extra rope too.
By Perin Blanchard Administrator From: Orem, UT Apr 17, 2008
Thanks, Christian. I've updated the description. I did it with my "70m", which is actually about 66m, and it looked close based on that. I didn't want to mislead anyone since I've not done it with a 60m.
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