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North Ridge

Name: North Ridge
Rating: 2.5

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British

Routes in Upper Spire

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	5.10 crack T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Arete Route T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	Beast of No Nation T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Burnt Offerings T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Cabin Fever S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Char Broiled T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Crispy Critters TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Desperado (Roof Variation) T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Dot to Dot T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fear of Flying T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Gingerbread T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Granite Zeppelin A0
	Harrison Direct Variation T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Holy Smoke T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Jugs Revisited T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lesbian Love S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Necklace Traverse "direct" T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	North Ridge T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Phantom Wanders, The T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Robert's Crack T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Smokehouse Brown T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Steppin' Stone T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	T-Bone T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Thanksgiving T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Up for Grabs T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Type:	Trad, 115 ft (35 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	38.78867, -120.24518
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	Salamanizer Ski on Jan 12, 2007
Admins:	Aron Quiter, Lurk Er, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

On the far left of the west side, climb an easy arete/ridge to the summit.

Mostly class 4 scrambling with a few technical sections at the start and near the top of pitch 1. Seemed a bit stiff for 5.6. The final ridge traverse is cool but no harder than class 4.

Protection

Pro to 3".

From the top anchor one can (having long enough rope) rappel to any anchor and TR any Upper Spire route.

Usually descended in two raps, one from summit to a huge ledge, and another from there to the ground next to the west face. Both rap stations are bolted.