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Anvil Spire North Face

Name: Anvil Spire North Face
Rating: 1.4

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in Flying Buttress

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	A-M aidline T A2-3
	All Systems Go 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	Anvil Spire North Face T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Arch Enemy T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Epitaph T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	It's a Breeze T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Queen's Bishop T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Technicolor Corner T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R

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Type:	Trad, 60 ft (18 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	34.87684, -111.72573
FA:	Burcham/Brennan
Page Views:	2,123 total · 13/month
Shared By:	marcin ksok on Apr 24, 2013
Admins:	Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

A short, dirty(not loose), but interesting route with a straightforward and easy approach.
P1. Climb a corner/wide crack on the right side of the north face over sandy terrain to a ledge, traverse left to fixed anchor.
P.2 Continue left on the ledge under steeper terrain to a bulge(crux), climb the bulge and ledges to top. Sedona guidebook prompts to "hump the ridge to the top" yet I found no ridge there.

Location

Follow directions to Flying Buttress and Arch Enemy. Anvil spire is the obvious feature, detached from the main formation left of Arch Enemy. Climb is located on the north side of the spire and well shaded. Single rope rap from anchors on top.