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Running With The Bulls

Name: Running With The Bulls
Rating: 2.0

5.11 YDS 6c+ French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E4 5c British R

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Routes in Cathedral Wall

	Altar Boy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Big Easy, The T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Blackstar T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dalke Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Flying Nun T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Garden Wall T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Jagged Arch T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Kor Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Lever Action T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Pew, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Running With The Bulls T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Sublime Buttress T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a R
	Tourist Tragedy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Tourist Tragedy Too T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Winchester T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 900 ft (273 m), 5 pitches, Grade IV
GPS:	40.2874, -105.66821
FA:	Andy Donson, Terry Murphy
Page Views:	1,774 total · 6/month
Shared By:	Andy Donson on Jun 5, 2002
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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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.

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.

Description

Running With the Bulls is located on the Second Buttress of Cathedral Wall, to the right of Tourist Tragedy.

The route is characterized by steep face climbing on good rock, with intermittent protection throughout, hence the "s" rating. No fixed gear.

Begin approx 300' to the right of Tourist Tragedy at a small L-facing dihedral up and right from the low point of the wall. Immediately to the R of the L-facing is striping resembling that of a Bengal tiger.

P1) Ascend the dihedral (11-, RP#5) and continue straight up, passing a roof at it's R-most end, where it then turns into a L-facing shallow dihedral. Continue up the face above (10) and slightly L to a stance. 170 ft.

P2) Go up and R to a small ledge at the base of a R-hand of a pair of grooves. Ascend this (10) and continue to the L end of an obvious treed terrace. 200 ft.

P3) From the L end of the terace climb enjoyable knobs trending up and R to the L-side of the very blunt arete with a shallow L-Facing groove. Up this, then face climb up and slightly L (10) to a small stance below and obvious orange prow. 170 ft.

P4) Climb up and through the weakness on the L-side of the prow (11). Easier climbing above leads to a grassy terrace. 170ft

P5) E-Z terrain to the top of the buttress. 200ft.