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Routes in Ship's Prow
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Barnacle Scars T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c |
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Bilge Pump T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Bologna Pony T,S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b |
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Etch-A-Sketch T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c |
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Feel the Stern T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Half Day's Work T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c |
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Ice Cream Turned to Shit T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Keel Haul T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c |
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Leaning Tower T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Man Overboard T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R |
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Mentals With Altitude T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Mizzenmast T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Portal T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 |
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Raise the Main! T 5.13+ 8b 30 X- 31 E7 7a PG13 |
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Remember the Pikas T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c |
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Sarchasm S 5.14- 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a |
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Scots on the Rocks T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Ship Of Fools T,S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 |
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Shiver Me Timbers aka (Scissor Me Timbers) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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South Dihedral T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 |
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Tunnel of Love T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Waves of Shade T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a |
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Yard Arms T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c |
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| Type: | Trad, Sport, Alpine, 280 ft (85 m), 3 pitches, Grade II |
| FA: | Pat Adams, Jim Redo, '97 |
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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.
Description
This is an airy, exposed but totally safe journey up the impressive hanging arete on the far right side of the Ship's Prow (the north-facing side just above Chasm Lake). An awesome route in its own right, this is also a good Plan B tick if things are looking wet and/or ominous on the Diamond.
P1. (12a) Though the cracks on the sunny east side of the arete beckon, the first pitch actually climbs a thin, tips splitter around the right side of the arete, on the north-facing wall. Climb a 1.5" crack up to a roof. A bolt and a fixed stopper take you past a crux and into sustained 5.11 territory. Once the crack ends at a pegmatite blob, finger-tip traverse left past a fixed nut and a bolt (crux #2) to the arete, then climb easy ground to a double-bolt belay. If you're feeling heroic, drop a line in on Tommy Caldwell's Sarchasm (14a), the bolted line up the arete proper.
P2. (11+) This is a short but stout pitch that takes you out to a spectacular belay on the hanging arete. Climb easy corners (thin gear) up and right, then move left past three bolts (2 fixed draws) on funky slopers to reach the belay.
P3: (12c) Possibly one of the best sport pitches around! Hats-off, kudos, and props to Pat and Jim for their multiple trips up to the Ship's Prow to hand-drill the 13 bolts on this pitch. This pitch is in your face right off the belay -- climb very overhanging rock on the undercut arete, pimping slopers, little crimps, and funky pinches. As the angle relents, so does the climbing. Tricky route-finding and devious cruxes on the upper arete and face will have you on your toes all the way to the double-bolt anchors at the top of the prow.
NOTE: this pitch is exactly 30 meters long -- you can get back to the belay with a 60-meter rope, and your second can toprope to clean the draws. Bring a 60 meter trail line, and you can double-rope rappel straight to the ground from the belay at the base of this pitch. Alternatively, you can clip the two fixed draws on P2 as you lower/rappel to redirect back to the P1 belay stance, then do another rappel back to the ground (60m rope sufficient).
P1. (12a) Though the cracks on the sunny east side of the arete beckon, the first pitch actually climbs a thin, tips splitter around the right side of the arete, on the north-facing wall. Climb a 1.5" crack up to a roof. A bolt and a fixed stopper take you past a crux and into sustained 5.11 territory. Once the crack ends at a pegmatite blob, finger-tip traverse left past a fixed nut and a bolt (crux #2) to the arete, then climb easy ground to a double-bolt belay. If you're feeling heroic, drop a line in on Tommy Caldwell's Sarchasm (14a), the bolted line up the arete proper.
P2. (11+) This is a short but stout pitch that takes you out to a spectacular belay on the hanging arete. Climb easy corners (thin gear) up and right, then move left past three bolts (2 fixed draws) on funky slopers to reach the belay.
P3: (12c) Possibly one of the best sport pitches around! Hats-off, kudos, and props to Pat and Jim for their multiple trips up to the Ship's Prow to hand-drill the 13 bolts on this pitch. This pitch is in your face right off the belay -- climb very overhanging rock on the undercut arete, pimping slopers, little crimps, and funky pinches. As the angle relents, so does the climbing. Tricky route-finding and devious cruxes on the upper arete and face will have you on your toes all the way to the double-bolt anchors at the top of the prow.
NOTE: this pitch is exactly 30 meters long -- you can get back to the belay with a 60-meter rope, and your second can toprope to clean the draws. Bring a 60 meter trail line, and you can double-rope rappel straight to the ground from the belay at the base of this pitch. Alternatively, you can clip the two fixed draws on P2 as you lower/rappel to redirect back to the P1 belay stance, then do another rappel back to the ground (60m rope sufficient).
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