Type: Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 2 pitches, Grade II
FA: FA: Jim Anglin & Mike Hartley Jan 1, 1981FFA: Tim Garlund
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Shared By: corvegas on Jan 24, 2007
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[No longer a nailing route, this has been freed at 5.13a]

Best nailing route at smith. A3 in the Watts guide. As always aid ratings are subjective.

P1 - 4th class - Scramble up to the 4th class ledge, belay from two bolts.

P2 - 5.6 A2+ - Free climb up to the aid cracks, begin on clean aid with aliens, aid past retro bolt belay into a shallow diheadral, belay from bolts, below roof.

P3 - 5.4 A2+ - Pull the roof on a fixed KB and continue up the crack, the rock gets rotten but there are a few 3 bolts and a belay 20ft below the top. Aid past below free climb through the killer top out, belay from juniper tree. (only one bolt is original from the FA)

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The biggest steepest part of the Mesa Verde Wall

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Full aid rack to with cams to 2inches. Sawed angles and beaks are helpfull.

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