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Unknown Handcrack
5.10- YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British
Avg: 2.7 from 10
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Routes in Independence Monument
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Dependence T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b A3- |
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Geezer Highway T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13 |
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Independence Chimney T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C1 |
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Otto's Route T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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South Face Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C3+ |
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Sundial Dihedral T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a C1 |
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Unknown Handcrack T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
| Type: | Trad, 50 ft (15 m) |
| GPS: | 39.09581, -108.7234 |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 3,723 total · 13/month |
| Shared By: | Tony B on May 5, 2003 · Updates |
| Admins: | Jesse Zacher, Bradley Mark Edwards, N R, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: Peregrine falcon nesting in 2025 - please avoid climbing here currently
Details
The Park is asking and encouraging climbers to choose other routes in the Monument for climbing until we know the outcome of the nest. If anyone has questions, please reach out!
Description
Walk to the North Face of Independence Monument, then look toward its left side (East) some distance from the base of Otto's Route. There is a 40 to 50 foot handcrack there with some webbing at the top, from which you can retreat (or, at least I put some there in 1997). This route ascends to a ledge on the "shoulder" of the main rock. This is just left of the first pitch of Slavery, or perhaps (slim chance) is the first pitch of Slavery. It is visible as a faint line on the lower left of the rock in the attached photo.
I know nothing of the history or proposed grade of this route, but scribbled down its location. I remember thinking the grade to be perhaps 5.10b, but I was not and am not presently familiar with the local grades- this is an "Indian Creek" rating, as it were.
If you have information on this system, please add some.
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