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The Big Easy

Name: The Big Easy
Rating: 1.5

5.10- YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

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Routes in Cathedral Wall

	Altar Boy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Big Easy, The T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Blackstar T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dalke Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Flying Nun T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Garden Wall T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Jagged Arch T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Kor Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Lever Action T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Pew, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Running With The Bulls T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Sublime Buttress T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a R
	Tourist Tragedy T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Tourist Tragedy Too T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Winchester T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 600 ft (182 m), 4 pitches, Grade III
GPS:	40.2874, -105.66821
FA:	perhaps J. Finkelstein, D. Haller, B. Collett
Page Views:	1,827 total · 9/month
Shared By:	Ben Collett on Jun 19, 2010
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Closures Details

Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."

For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.

General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.

Access Issue: 2022 Seasonal Falcon Closure Details

From the Denver Post, the Cathedral Wall is CLOSED beginning February 15, 2022. Reopening is expected July 31st if needed. Click the following link for more details: nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…

When closed, the closures include the named rock formations and the areas surrounding the base of the formation. This includes all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes, and climber's access trails to the formation.

Areas not listed are presumed to be open. These closures will be lifted or extended as conditions dictate.

Description

This route is really nice and makes for a nice short day in the park. After the first 80 feet, the rock is really good and the climbing fun.

1) Climb nebulous terrain for about 140 feet to below and right of a 25 or 30 foot wide, gray, rectangular plaque. 5.7R.

2) Climb up a slightly overhung handcrack 10 feet right of the gray plaque. When it ends on a ledge, follow an easier flake with a wide crack up and left to near its end. 5.10-.

3) From the end of the flake, climb straight up following intermittent cracks to a ledge after 50 feet. Traverse right along the ledge, continuing where it ends to the first shallow dihedral. Follow the dihedral up to a sloping ledge on the left below an overhanging fist crack. 5.8R.

4) Climb the overhang and continue up the prominent, wide, left-facing corner crack. This pitch ends near the top of Blackstar. 5.9 (without a fair amount of wide gear this is a little runout).

Descend by traversing the large treed ledge until one can descend to the trail.

Location

The route starts about 50 feet left of the gully of Womb With a View. Look for an obvious, left-leaning flake system that starts about 200 feet up and a prominent, left-facing corner system right of the finish of Blackstar.