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White Room

Name: White Room
Rating: 2.0

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

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	Direct South Ridge T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Finding Religion on the Spiral T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Instant Clarification (AKA Rap Route) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Laid Back (a.k.a. NE Ridge) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Mornin' T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Optimismus T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Relief Train T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Religion T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Spiral Route T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Topnotch T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	White Room T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 600 ft (182 m), 7 pitches, Grade III
GPS:	40.3186, -105.694
FA:	Roger Briggs and Larry Hamilton, June 1974
Page Views:	3,349 total · 12/month
Shared By:	L. Hamilton on Apr 10, 2003
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.

Description

White Room wanders up the broad wall to the right of Optimismus, finishing up a prominent corner. The climbing is excellent but serious. The first ascent party, who climbed this route hammerless and without camming gear, wrote afterwards that they were "impressed by the steep, usually difficult, inobvious and solid nature of the rock, and also by the occasional poorness of protection and belay anchors." Fortunately, no falls were taken. They rated the route IV 5.10.

The poorly-protected 5.11 section at mid-height on the current line was originally bypassed via devious and poorly-protected 5.8. Escape is possible at several points above, but the final two pitches are the climb's best.

The route name refers to the climactic inside corner, with overtones of madness and electric guitar.