All Locations > Colorado > S Platte > Goose Creek/Mol… > Sheeprock > Helen's Dome

Buffalo Tears

Name: Buffalo Tears
Rating: 3.2

5.10a/b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British PG13

Routes in Helen's Dome

L › R R › L A › Z

	Arete Already S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	AWOL (aka Moss Toss) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Beam Me Up, Scotty T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Borderline Boulevard T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Brave Cowboy T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Buffalo Soldier T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Buffalo Tears T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Burning Love Letters S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Electric Koolaid Acid Test T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Face Value T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Fire Escape T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Fool's Gold T,S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Fractured Fairytales S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Gettin' the Groove S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	On the Bus T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	One of Ours S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Pebble Beach T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a X
	Rode Hard and Put Up Wet T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Roototop S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Scatterbrain S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Slipaway S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Small Change T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Smoke Screen T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Spree T,S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sticks 'n' Stones T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Voodoo Ranger S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

Order Wrong? Sort Routes

Type:	Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 2 pitches, Grade II
FA:	Ken Trout and Robby Baker, 1983
Page Views:	2,435 total · 14/month
Shared By:	Ken Trout on Jun 29, 2009
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

You & This Route

9 Opinions

Your To-Do List: ·

Your Star Rating:
Rating

Your Difficulty Rating:
-none- Change

Your Ticks:Add New Tick

-none-

Explore this route in 3D

Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.

Description

The line is the major black water-streak up Helen's Dome. The crux is just off the deck - tip-toeing left across the streak and then up it. It is almost Tuolumne Meadows quality rock.