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All Locations > Colorado > Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Petit Grepon > Southwest Corner (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)
Pitch 5 follows corners and cracks. Long sustained awesome pitch.
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Looking down from near the top of pitch 5.
Dean following the steep 5.8/9 pitch before the crux pitch....
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Steph Abegg
Aug 10, 2019
“Pitch 5 follows corners and cracks. Long sustained awesome pitch.”  

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Photo route overlay SW Corner and South Face and rap route. The route lines and rap locations approximate.
Summit shot.
The roof on pitch 6 (variation 6b per the description). <br> <br> Photo: Ted Kryzer, August, 2019.
Photo route overlay SW Corner and South Face and rap route. The route lines and rap locations approximate.
Allen coming up to the belay below the summit overhang, P6b or P7b (depending on how you belay it).
The corner system of pitches 2 and 3.
Pitch 4 follows the cracks and face to the left of the corner.
We ended up here at the top of pitch 6. Not sure if this is on route, but it seemed logical. Climbed to the gap to the right of the roof and popped out at Pizza Pan Belay on South Face route.
Top of the climb.
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Guidebook pitch 5, 5.8 corner system. The climbing gets really fun here. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.
From Sky Pond. <br> <br> Photographer: Rob Walters.