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Black See Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Black See

L › R R › L A › Z

	Chump S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Lump S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Professionals, The S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Pump S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b

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Elevation:	8,727 ft	2,660 m
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Description

This is the dome a few minutes across the valley to the northwest of Ironsides. It has generally good granite with multiple bolted slab and roof routes along with a few trad routes. Most climbs are on the west and north faces with a couple in the always shaded tunnel on the northeast.

Here's a list of most of the routes from Michael Foy's write up on Ironsides:

R->L from the upper east end:

The Professionals, 11, gear + bolts.
Sump, 10+, gear + bolt.
unknown, 8, bolts.
unknown, 8, 2 bolts + gear, 90'.
unknown, 10, 1-2p, bolts + gear, 190'.
unknown, 9, 1p, bolts + gear, 85'.
unknown, 8+, 1p, bolts, 85'.
unknown arete, 10, 1p, bolts.
unknown, 10+, 1p, bolts.
unknown, 8?, 1p.

L->R from the tunnel:

A. Chump, 11, 1p, 30', bolts.
B. Pump, 12, 1p, 40', bolts.
C. Lump, 11, 1p, 50', bolts.
D. Forrest Gump, 11-, 1p, bolts.

Getting There

Follow directions to Ironsides then hike across the valley to the formation a couple minutes to the northwest. The back side can be reached either by scrambling through a tunnel on the east end or hiking down around the west end then back up the gully behind it.