A summit so pleasant, it puts a sparkle in your eye. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.

All Locations > Colorado > Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Petit Grepon > Southwest Corner (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)

A summit so pleasant, it puts a sparkle in your eye. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.

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Pitch 6. The 5.9 crux.

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Jason Cloyd

Sep 22, 2003

“A summit so pleasant, it puts a sparkle in your eye. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.”

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A route Ooverlay of South Face and Southwest Corner, as well as rappel locations.

The roof on pitch 6 (variation 6b per the description).
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Photo: Ted Kryzer, August, 2019.

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.

The corner system of pitches 2 and 3.

Allen coming up to the belay below the summit overhang, P6b or P7b (depending on how you belay it).

Darrin Livingston approaches the crux (P6a) of the Southwest Corner of the Petit Grepon. Photo By Tony Bubb.

Pitch 4 follows the cracks and face to the left of the corner.

From Sky Pond.
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Photographer: Rob Walters.

Guidebook pitch 5, 5.8 corner system. The climbing gets really fun here. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.

Pitch 6. The 5.9 crux.

A summit so pleasant, it puts a sparkle in your eye. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.

Pitch 7.

Southwest Corner. Ted Kryzer on the 2nd pitch. August 2019.

We started the climb here. We soloed the first pitch (5.4).

Off the Pizza Pan.

Standing on the skinny summit block.

I stayed left of the arete here where others have gone around the right side. My partner is belaying on the large ledge on the left side of the formation. This would maybe be pitch 5 or 6 for most people.

Getting amongst the 5.9 roof. Photo by Matt Kohlhaas.

Dean leading P2 on the SW corner....

Ryan leading the last pitch.

Ascentionist - 1st crux, pitch 5.

Bail flake atop pitch 5. Descends to a grassy ledge for another rap toward the talus gully.

Pitch 5 follows corners and cracks. Long sustained awesome pitch.

Allen on P6b moving up towards the protectable roof, to the right of the arete. From the belay, he got in 9 pieces in ~35' before clearing the roof.

Coming up the last long easy pitch to the top.

On the way to the Petit Grepon. Photo: Bob Horan Collection.

Looking down from near the top of pitch 5.

Dean following the steep 5.8/9 pitch before the crux pitch....

Summit shot.

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