Le Petit Arbre
5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British
| Type: | Trad, 90 ft (27 m), 2 pitches |
| GPS: | 41.1902, -105.3874 |
| FA: | Marcus Brown, 1994 |
| Page Views: | 9,243 total · 37/month |
| Shared By: | Brian Weinstein on Aug 8, 2005 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Aeon Aki, Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
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Description
This route is the right-most route on the Northwest face of Blair I. Take the Blair trail and cut in between Blair III from the west through a nice aspen grove. Follow the wall until the obvious hand crack comes into view.
Pitch 1 might be the best moderate hand crack (5.6) in all of Vedauwoo. Follow perfect hands to the shelf and belay at a 2 bolt anchor with rap rings (per Mike Lewis).
Pitch 2 has a move or two of 5.9 upon entering the crack over a wild rasberry bush. Follow the pleasant crack with the little tree (hence the name) to the top and belay at a 2 bolt anchor with rap rings (per Mike Lewis). .
The descent involves either downclimbing a chimney or rapping from anchors across the top of the chimney.
Protection
Bring a standard rack with an emphasis on hand-sized gear.
Per Mike Lewis: there are bolted anchors are at the top of each pitch.



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