Western Nuclear  5.11a PG13

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Consensus:  5.11a [details] FA:  Season:  fall/spring Submitted By:  Tom Rangitsch on Sep 25, 2011 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Sticky situation MORE INFO >>> This place is desolate and dangerous WYO desert with very few amenities nearby, and zero assistance should you find your pretty-little-self in a bind. The people are ornery and the land is mean. I don't recommend coming here at all. If the rednecks, miners, roughnecks vagabonds or land doesn't get ya, some dehydrated whacked-out windblown sunbeaten climber just might. . . . Sweetwater Rocks and adjacent areas require LOW-profiles and LOTS of respect and consideration. Keep all fences/gates as you found them. Do not build fires. Adhere to all posted signs. Do not drive off of existing paths (roads). Do not let your dog run around (chances are great that it'll be shot, bitten, trampled or fed upon). Do not take anything from this land. . . and do not leave anything. Good BLM quads are essential (make sure they're up to date). Granite Mtns (Sweetwater) area closures are adjustable and are done so via ranchers and BLM officiales. Great tracts of this area are privately owned; meaning that they are always closed. For example: Lankin Dome BLM as of last year was closed 04-30 thru 06-31 for public AND private lands; between 03-01 thru 04-31 it was closed on private land. So, sometimes private easements are opened, and sometimes they aren't. . . same with public lands; oh, and mining claims too! Pay particular attention to any signage and postings. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Begin by doing a couple of face moves to get to a seam that angles up and right. It intersects a more vertical finger crack that makes up the meat of the climbing. Gear is really sparse through the bottom 15 or 20 feet, you could deck if you blow it. The crux is at about 15 feet, using the crack and a few key feet and crimpers to get to a decent finger lock. After this, the climb eases up and is 5.9 or 5.10 fingers.

Location 

North side of Cranner. In the alcove containing U238, but across on the other side.

Protection 

Finger sized gear. Two bolt anchor at the top. You can climb a 3rd class ramp left of this route to set up a top rope.