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Anniversary Route

Name: Anniversary Route
Rating: 2.0

5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British

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	Anniversary Route T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Astro Goat T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c A0
	Black and Tan Towers, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Damn it Feels Good to be a Hamsta T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Dog Fight T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fallen Angel T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Gimp Route, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Goat Food T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Hard to Say T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Hoag-Fisher T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Lazy Sunday Route T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	MOAC Memorial Route T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Musafar's Home Cookin' T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Noth'N But a Good Time T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R
	Pin Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Space Miser T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Work-Life Balance T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 600 ft (182 m), 5 pitches
GPS:	39.61101, -105.65243
FA:	A. Dodd, B. Collett, August, 2010
Page Views:	1,336 total · 7/month
Shared By:	Ben Collett on Aug 14, 2010
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Reservation & Fee Details

Enter before 7am, or explain you're a climber and you won't park at any nice parking lots. Otherwise, a reservation is required to drive up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway. You pick a 2-hour window for entry, and pay $22 (2026). You can enter anytime during that period, and stay as long as you want. recreation.gov/timed-entry/…
It's free to access any area by hiking instead of driving. That includes hiking from Echo Lake Park to Roadside, Gateway, Area A, Possibility, and everything around there. It also includes Hell's Hole and other areas.

Description

This route starts with the fun part of the Gimp Route and then climbs some more pleasant pitches in a nice position.

Start with the first two (fun) pitches of the Gimp Route, but belay on the far left of the grassy ledge atop the 2nd pitch.

3) Step left around the arete onto the front side of the buttress and climb easy ground and grassy steps up for a little over a 100 feet to a really nice grassy ledge. Walk left 25 feet or so from the arete to belay below a flake system. 5.6.

4) Climb into the flake system, then follow the arete to another ledge after 60 feet or so. Belay below an obvious, steep, hand and fist crack. 5.9.

5) Climb the hand and fist crack to the top of the wall. 5.9+, maybe 50 feet. This pitch can easily be avoided by climbing the gully to the right.