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Dead Raccoon Crack
5.4 A3,
Trad, TR, Aid,
Avg: 2.2 from 6
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FA: Jim Cormier, prior to or during the mid-'90s?
Colorado
> Lyons
> St Vrain Canyons
> S Fork of St Vr…
> Scout Rock
Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays
Details
Per Kai Bouwman: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022. From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.
During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.
codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…
Description
This is a great route to learn how to do tricky aid and some delicate nailing. You can protect the route by toprope as I placed rappel anchors at the top of the route.
Start in a right-facing dihedral working up 7-8 feet and tackling the small overhang which then follows a thin crack which diagonals slightly right until it joins with another route which is now bolted but was done by Jay Kinghorn on aid the same time as I did this route.
Protection
Birdbeaks to 1/2 angles, also will take RPs and HB offsets, and the largest piece I placed was the first piece which was a green Alien cam (1/2").
[Hide Photo] Keiko cleaning the route.
[Hide Photo] TR solo great anchor set up above the line. Scramble to the top from the left valley.
[Hide Photo] A shot of the seam.
[Hide Photo] Looking down the route. Used the hammer the first go. Went clean the second time.
Lafayette, CO
Denver, CO