Beautiful rap down!

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Beautiful rap down!

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Topo of Vega North Tower showing Mile High Club (MHC) and Beyond Redlining

Looking up last third of route.

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Raphael Hyde

May 29, 2019

“Beautiful rap down!”

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The route as seen from below

Approach: Pass just above this large flat-topped boulder near the first set of trees (as noted in the Approach description).

Sean coming up the arete as we pass into the sunshine. Fitz Roy in the background.

Pitch 6 (best one) nice face climb to the arète

Looking up at the intermediate rap station of pitch 3 from the top of pitch 2. Go slightly climbers left from P3 rap station to find intermediate station. When in doubt, look out left

Just before topping out on the Dihedral pitch.

Looking down Mile High Club.

Forest coming up p6

Location of the P3 intermediate Rappel anchor seen from the P2 anchors.
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Id recommend rapping just skiers left of the bolt line for P3 until you reach the headwall section. Keep going until right before the drop off then look skiers left to the nook

Approach to Mile High Club in early season (June 23rd 2018)

Pitch 5 - Nice small roof with slab to your left

Vega North topo with the Mile High Club and Beyond Redlining routes

Start of P1

Alpine Approach (5/27/19) mild snow conditions, axe not needed but recommended.

Nick Roy stoked to fire the money pitch on Mile High Club.

Top of pitch 5

Topo of Vega North Tower showing Mile High Club (MHC) and Beyond Redlining

Beautiful rap down!

Looking up last third of route.

Looking up the last third of the route.

Rapping to the intermediate rappel station. Lowest climber (with orange helmet/white shirt) is at the intermediate, hidden rap station. The description says "10 foot tall tree" but it doesn't look very tall from above.

P5 dihedral, entirely too much fun

Robby following pitch #5, August 1, 2022.

Robby leading pitch #6, August 1, 2022.

The sharp corner of the first rappel seems to grounded down.

Afternoon sun on the buttress

Me half way up the stellar dihedral pitch!

Route overlay from approach (Small red dots = Belays)

Scramble up from the red-colored rock to get to the lone pine shown in red. This roughly marks the start of P1. Round the corner from this pine and you’ll see the line

Southwest view from the top

Camille as at the intermediate rap anchor on P3 viewed from the P2 anchor. Remember this on your way up, it's tricky to find that anchor on the rap.