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Paul's Route

5.9, Sport, Alpine, 90 ft (27 m),  Avg: 3 from 57 votes
FA: Paul Moore, Shane Willet, Mark Nakada, summer 1998
Utah > Northeast Utah > Uinta Mountains > Moosehorn > Moore Wall
Warning Access Issue: Located in a National Forest Fee Area DetailsDrop down

Description

Paul's route is a good warm-up for the Moore Wall and a great introduction to the style of the area: long steep faces, crimpy horizontals and techy footwork.
Climb a blocky moderate start past 2 bolts to a ledge then tackle a perfect thin face past 11 more bolts. A detached pillar to the left provides relief when the moves start feeling tough for 5.9. The last 2 bolts force you on the face away from this feature for a full value finish.

Location

This route it the furthest left on the Moore Wall. It's the 3rd bolted line to the left of the giant dihedral. Look for a hanged at the lip of a triangular block, that's Ray of Light. Paul's Route is the next one to the left.

Protection

13 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor.
Rap off the metolius hangers

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Looking up at Paul's Route from the base with the first few bolts and the anchor marked
[Hide Photo] Looking up at Paul's Route from the base with the first few bolts and the anchor marked

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George Jamison
Salt Lake City, UT
[Hide Comment] I just did this route yesterday (Aug 12, 2012) and some recent rockfall has sheared off one of the upper bolts (8th bolt?). You can get a sketchy small cam off to the left, but the bolt needs to be replaced. Aug 13, 2012
Blake Summers
Park City, Utah
 
[Hide Comment] That bolt has been replaced. Sep 2, 2014
Maxwell J. Morrill
Park City, Utah
 
[Hide Comment] The face to the left of this route has completely changed due to rock shearing. Jul 19, 2017
Tim Kemple
Salt Lake
  5.10b
[Hide Comment] Did this today on TR It was really good, but 20 feet of very thin face climbing is not 5.9
Perhaps the above mentioned rockfall took away some holds? Jun 9, 2021
[Hide Comment] Really fun route. Felt like .9 to everyone in our group. Sep 5, 2022
Jim Clarke
Fruitland, UT
  5.9-
[Hide Comment] This is one of the better cruiser 9s in the Uintas. Great position, techy footwork, perfect crimps and well bolted. Perfect .9 warm-up for the zone, get on it! Jul 11, 2023