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White Witch

Name: White Witch
Rating: 2.4

5.12a/b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6a British

Routes in North (Left) Face

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	Full Rubber Mission S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Glenda S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Grendel S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Jabberwocky S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Once Upon a Time S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Rumplestiltskin S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Straight On Til Morning S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Technowitch S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Tinkerbell's Nightmare S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	White Witch S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a

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Type:	Sport, 85 ft (26 m)
FA:	Lance Hadfield 2007
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Access Issue: Thompson Canyon Details

The gate to Thompson Canyon's southern end is locked and is no longer a viable option for short and convenient access. The standard access is now via the longer, rougher Davenport Lookout/Thompson Canyon route.

New Mexico CRAG (NMCRAG) will continue to be in contact with the ranch owners and the Forest Service to see if it can resolve this issue. In the meantime, please respect the closure, spread the word and please do not attempt to drive through the private ranch.

Description

Start just left of Jabberwocky on the same platform. Make a few easy moves to set up for the first crux. Manage through this and head up on easy but pumpy moves. At times it is unavoidable (at the grade) to avoid using a couple holds on Rumplestiltskin, without moving off the intended bolt line. Continue up managing the pump to another crux. Pull this and head up to a no-hands rest in a small alcove. Rest up. From the alcove, climb up the shallow corner for a couple moves, clip another bolt, then work your way out left and continue up the green/brown streak past one more bolt to the anchors.

Contains a few hard moves for a tower route, but there are plenty of jugs to rest on.

For the first ten years of this route's existence, it didn't have its own finish or anchors. Instead, climbers simply merged left into Rumplestiltskin's final two bolts and anchor. In September 2017, the route finally got its own independent finish and anchor making this route a mighty fine 5.12 on the Tower.