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Tralfamadore

Name: Tralfamadore
Rating: 3.3

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

Routes in Tralfamadore Wall

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	22 Bottles of Booze T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Beautiful Day T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Beyond Nuts! T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Covid Spike T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Hop Knot T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Lost Highway T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mother Road T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Rock Quarriers Way T,TR 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Tralfamadore T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Weeping Warrior T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b

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Type:	Trad, 200 ft (61 m), 2 pitches, Grade II
GPS:	35.12026, -111.9352
FA:	Larry Coats, Dugald Bremner 1976
Page Views:	2,900 total · 16/month
Shared By:	Larry Coats on Sep 25, 2010
Admins:	Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Access via Garland Prairie Closed- Use Woody Mountain Road Details

9/24/2025 There is a road dispute happening on the standard Garland Prairie route to the canyon. NAZCC is working with the Forest Service to resolve it. Until then, you’ll need to take the long way around Via Woody Mountain Road. The beta for Woody Mountain Road is in the Getting There section below.

Description

As mentioned in the intro, Tralfamador climbs the obvious orange-stained cracks that lead to the square-cut, right-facing corner/roof in the middle of the North Side crag. Begin by scrambling or rappelling to the broken ledge below the leaning block at the start of the route.

Pitch 1: (5.9+) Easy climbing ascends the leaning block and double corner cracks above. The cracks converge, then difficulty arises as the orange rock appears. A few moves of thin tips crack (originally protected with a piton) lead to a foothold stance with anchor arranged from small to medium pieces, or step left and belay from the wider crack below the roof.

Pitch 2: (5.9+). Need you ask? Step over to the corner below the roof, then undercling to the lip and crank over to the wider crack above. Easier climbing (5.8) leads to the rim.

Note: The entire climb can be done as a single pitch, but requires some clever work with runners to avoid rope drag over the roof section.

Protection

A normal rack of cams and wires, with a couple of wider cams (4-5") for the roof. The climb was originally led with passive gear and one angle piton near the end of the first pitch.