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Coronor

5.10b, Sport, 75 ft (23 m),  Avg: 3 from 27 votes
FA: Jerry Dodrill, Andy Cornelis
California > San Francisco B… > Wine Country/No… > Mt St Helena > Satellite Rocks > Hailstone Rock

Description

Starts with some lesser quality stone which improves as you move up the dihedral. Stemming and face moves protected by bolts. The crux is where the corner pinches off below a steep headwall. This route features very good movement, especially on the upper section. Despite the somewhat grim sounding route name the protection is good, and a call to the Coroner should in most cases not be necessary if taking on the lead of this route.

Location

10-12 feet right of Hailstone Crack route. Shares anchor with Hailstone Arete

Protection

7 Bolts to Bolted Anchor, Chains

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Climber on Coronor
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Kurt Jenson visits The "Coroner"
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Kibble
 
[Hide Comment] I actually thought the climbing on this was better than on the arete next to it! However, the exposure was not quite as exciting. Oct 21, 2014
Ari G
  5.10b
[Hide Comment] Rock quality is awful until you're above the second bolt... Lower part of this lead felt sketchy AF.

Higher up, the route is great. Fun stemming moves below lead to a mix of crimps and pulls higher up. Oct 23, 2015
Burlen Loring
Albany, CA
  5.8
[Hide Comment] this felt like a 5.8 to me, fun climb though Aug 22, 2016
Ed Henicle
Santa Rosa, CA
[Hide Comment] Coronor and ETI have the same 10b crux move which can be side stepped with a move right, and a move back left making the routes about 5.9 - lead them all! Sep 2, 2016