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Runnin' Free

5.8, Trad, Alpine, 80 ft (24 m),  Avg: 2.5 from 4 votes
FA: Craig Martin, Dave Littman 1992
Utah > Northeast Utah > Uinta Mountains > Hayden Peak > Iron Hayden Wall
Warning Access Issue: Located in a National Forest Fee Area DetailsDrop down

Location

Located in an alcove to the left of Sun & Steel. It is an obvious wide vertical crack system.

Description

This may have been the first route climbed on the Iron Hayden Wall. Climb a wide vertical crack just left of an ugly corner. When the crack ends pull a bulge with thin gear and onto a ledge with a 2 bolt anchor.

We attempted this line as a potential weakness to the top of the wall in 1992. At that time we continued up the horror show corner system for another 60' until the looseness scared us off. A few pitons may still exist from this ascent but a bolted anchor was added in 2008 at a logical belay stance.

Protection

Single rack to a #4 Camalot should suffice.

Descent

Rappel the route

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