Type: Sport, 400 ft (121 m), 5 pitches, Grade II
FA: unknown
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Shared By: Daniel Coltrane on Jun 15, 2011 · Updates
Admins: Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan

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Pitch 1 5.7 Climb up and right along a blunt arete to a belay ledge. ~25M

Pitch 2 5.10A Crux pitch, head out left from the belay and traverse through "gifts of jugs" until you reach a corner. Ascend the left inside face of the arete. ~22M

Pitch 3 5.8 Climb up and right passing two bolts to a stance, then continue straight up on steeper but well-featured terrain. To keep the climbing within the grade one will need to keep looking for the largest holds on the featured face. This pitch ends on a small ledge. ~32M

Pitch 4 5.7 Climb this short pitch up and right until you reach the obvious large ledge just below the upper headwall. ~18M

Pitch 5 5.7 Climb up to the slab headwall by scrambling about 10 meters of easy terrain (5.0) and reaching another very large ledge. One has the option to bring their partner up to this large ledge as belaying here would be much easier. Either way, head straight up the slab headwall on some small but positive edges to reach the top. ~38M

Descent:
With twin 60m ropes one can rappel from the top of pitch 5 to the top of pitch 4. The next rappel will get you to the top of pitch 2 and one more rappel to the ground.

With a 70m rope, a bit of down climbing through 5.0 terrain is necessary after the first rappel. 

Location Suggest change

This route follows up the left side of the middle portion of Orange wall heading straight up from the talus slope.

Look for the large over hanging roof and the blank white face below the roof to locate this route.

Protection Suggest change

All bolts with bolted belays- 10 to 12 draws and some extendable sling for the begining traverse on the second pitch.

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