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Routes in Cathedral Wall
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Altar Boy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Big Easy, The T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Blackstar T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Dalke Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Flying Nun T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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Garden Wall T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Jagged Arch T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 |
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Kor Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Lever Action T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 |
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Pew, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Running With The Bulls T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R |
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Sublime Buttress T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R |
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Tourist Tragedy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Tourist Tragedy Too T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 |
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Winchester T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine |
| FA: | Kent Wheeler, Harlin |
| Page Views: | 1,080 total · 4/month |
| Shared By: | Steve Bartlett on Dec 31, 2001 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Access Issue: Closures
Details
Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
Access Issue: 2022 Seasonal Falcon Closure
Details
From the Denver Post, the Cathedral Wall is CLOSED beginning February 15, 2022. Reopening is expected July 31st if needed. Click the following link for more details: nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
When closed, the closures include the named rock formations and the areas surrounding the base of the formation. This includes all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes, and climber's access trails to the formation.
Areas not listed are presumed to be open. These closures will be lifted or extended as conditions dictate.
When closed, the closures include the named rock formations and the areas surrounding the base of the formation. This includes all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes, and climber's access trails to the formation.
Areas not listed are presumed to be open. These closures will be lifted or extended as conditions dictate.
Description
After really enjoying the adjacent Dalke Route, I was perhaps expecting too much. After an ok start, (as for Dalke Route), wander up and left, kinda runout 5.8/5.9 between ledge systems. The pitch below the crux is pretty cool, 5.9, runout, smearing and edging on great rock. The crux pitch is bilge. Manky rock, with just ok gear, and steep moves, and short (nice job Brad!) Above here steep runout 5.8/5.9 climbing up a long dihedral (with some good bits) eventually dumps you (dumped me anyway) onto the pretty exciting face on the right, (at an impasse where an unprotected roof is guarded by loose choss). Rope drag forced a semi-hanging belay out here somewhere. Eventually gain the top of the huge pillar. Above here the climbing is the definition of mediocre. Wandering, loose, blocky, ledgy, no exposure whatsoever (you're in a large gully system). Just a 5.Boring slog. It's a relief to finally summit.
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