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South Crack

V3 X, Boulder,  Avg: 3 from 56 votes
FA: [unknown]
Colorado > Boulder > Flagstaff > Capstan

Description

This is a good highball up the obvious slippery crack facing the road. The crux is at the beginning, maybe .11- or so finger jamming, above the hardest stuff is some 5.9 climbing to a stance 25 feet above the ground, from here one can downclimb to the east (very tricky, downclimbing mid fith class climbing) or continue on some 5.8 slab to the summit (almost soloing now). This route can be toproped too.

Protection

A highballing head.

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Chris O'Connor
boulder, co
  V3 PG13
[Hide Comment] Good, fun route. V2 seems off. The sds is harder for sure. Feb 6, 2007
Geoff Elson
  V2-3
[Hide Comment] It's spot on for flagstaff V2, like most problems once the best beta is found the grade makes more sense but realistically V3. Jun 22, 2007
Tom T
[Hide Comment] V2-P (P is for PUCKER!) The high-ball section is easy climbing but still pretty heady. Mar 12, 2009
Rodger Raubach
Billings, MT
 
[Hide Comment] I first did this back in the 1960s and mostly done then as a toprope problem in Kronhofer klettershchues. I did it again in the 1980s with new sticky rubber La Sportivas, and it seemed a lot easier. I'd give it a V2/V3 rating. Not all that hard, as Flagstaff boulder problems go.... Apr 30, 2011
Kaz Hatfield
Firestone, CO
V3 PG13
[Hide Comment] X means death, right? Definitely not death! If you have a spotter chasing you with a pad, PG-13 at best. R only if you miss the pad completely or your spotter gets distracted and forgets to move the pad. Aug 7, 2021