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5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British R
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Routes in Pernod Spire
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Direct West Face T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R |
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South Face T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A0 |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 8 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | Tony Bentley, Ross Peritore July, 2006 |
| Page Views: | 1,247 total · 9/month |
| Shared By: | Ross Peritore on Apr 23, 2013 |
| Admins: | Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters |
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Access Issue: Washington Pass Fire Closure Lifted
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Washington Pass Climbing was closed on 8/15/23 due to the Blue Lake Fire until further notice. On 9/7/23 this closure was reduced in size. On 9/22 this was reduced again, opening all WA Climbing Routes. For remaining closures, see:
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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closure at Newhalem Crags March 1st to mid-July
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Peregrine falcons select nest sites on cliffs in the Upper Skagit Valley, including the Climbing Management Areas of Newhalem West (Ryan’s Wall) and Newhalem East. As required in the NPS Superintendent’s Compendium, these areas will be closed to all public from March 1st to July 15th of each year, or until the young falcons have fledged or NPS staff have determined that nesting will not occur on a specific wall during this period. Access Fund, Washington Climbers Coalition and NPS partner on a volunteer raptor monitoring program to determine nesting activity. Contact the NPS and/or WCC for updates.
Description
Tony and I climbed a new route on the west face of Pernod Spire.
8 pitches of cracks and face lead to the summit ridge.
The face has a large wave like roof about a pitch up and we had thought that the line would go to the left of the roof.
We finally found a crack and corner sysem with solid granite and started up.
The first pitch (5.8) was nice hand cracks and a corner that led up to slabs below the roof
Tony led the second pitch (5.8) which climbed a thin crack and a slab up and right, right up to below the roof.
The third pitch was the crux. I traversed on slabs left around the roof and launched up an incredible corner with an off-fingers crack...steep, with a nice bulge, this led to some wild stemming moves and finished with a leftward move into a seam and grooves, a full 60m pitch at 5.10+
The 4th pitch (5.9) started with an interesting leftward step across a slab into more cracks. Intermittent finger cracks led up for a full pitch between a corner and a huge freestanding horn.
The fifth pitch (5.10) started with another interesting move right off the belay, and then up an arching corner with a thin finger crack under the lip and finished with a really cool move up and over the lip and up ~30' of face/slab on positive edges(5.9R face climbing)
Tony led the 6th (5.9) pitch up a broken face and through a little notch and then left on nice cracks.
the 7th pitch (5.9) was another nice crack that seamed out for a few moves and brought us up to the ridge crest, where I traversed the airy narrow ridge, until the ridge is blocked by a vertical block which we could not surmount, nor go around on the ridge, so we rapped down to benches below the summit and climbed to below the true summit via the 5.10 corner of the Nelson/Bale route, which is a fine pitch in itself. To reach the true summit there are two moves of aid off old bolts which at the time one had no hanger, and the other bolt was hanging halfway out the hole.
The summit block is A0.
There are no fixed anchors or bolts on this route except for the rap anchor on the summit ridge where we left a couple nuts, and the old aid bolts on the summit block.
Descend by rapping to the east down the gully to the Pernod/Chablis notch, then a couple more raps down steep slabs to the neve below. Trend north around base of Chianti spire, and up to Burgundy Col. From the col follow climbers path down to car.
8 pitches of cracks and face lead to the summit ridge.
The face has a large wave like roof about a pitch up and we had thought that the line would go to the left of the roof.
We finally found a crack and corner sysem with solid granite and started up.
The first pitch (5.8) was nice hand cracks and a corner that led up to slabs below the roof
Tony led the second pitch (5.8) which climbed a thin crack and a slab up and right, right up to below the roof.
The third pitch was the crux. I traversed on slabs left around the roof and launched up an incredible corner with an off-fingers crack...steep, with a nice bulge, this led to some wild stemming moves and finished with a leftward move into a seam and grooves, a full 60m pitch at 5.10+
The 4th pitch (5.9) started with an interesting leftward step across a slab into more cracks. Intermittent finger cracks led up for a full pitch between a corner and a huge freestanding horn.
The fifth pitch (5.10) started with another interesting move right off the belay, and then up an arching corner with a thin finger crack under the lip and finished with a really cool move up and over the lip and up ~30' of face/slab on positive edges(5.9R face climbing)
Tony led the 6th (5.9) pitch up a broken face and through a little notch and then left on nice cracks.
the 7th pitch (5.9) was another nice crack that seamed out for a few moves and brought us up to the ridge crest, where I traversed the airy narrow ridge, until the ridge is blocked by a vertical block which we could not surmount, nor go around on the ridge, so we rapped down to benches below the summit and climbed to below the true summit via the 5.10 corner of the Nelson/Bale route, which is a fine pitch in itself. To reach the true summit there are two moves of aid off old bolts which at the time one had no hanger, and the other bolt was hanging halfway out the hole.
The summit block is A0.
There are no fixed anchors or bolts on this route except for the rap anchor on the summit ridge where we left a couple nuts, and the old aid bolts on the summit block.
Descend by rapping to the east down the gully to the Pernod/Chablis notch, then a couple more raps down steep slabs to the neve below. Trend north around base of Chianti spire, and up to Burgundy Col. From the col follow climbers path down to car.
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