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The Outer Edge

Name: The Outer Edge
Rating: 3.3

5.11a YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British

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	Blue Plate Special T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crack of Thunder T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Creep or Crawl T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Damp Dayz T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Maw, The S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Not on a Weak Day T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Outer Edge, The T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Schnoz, The T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Shelter From the Storm T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Simple Pleasures S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Singularity S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Summit Fever T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Synchronicity S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Table 4 2 T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Wet Exit T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	What U See is What U Get T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Type:	Trad, 90 ft (27 m)
GPS:	40.43421, -105.38849
FA:	Ken Duncan and Dede Humphrey, 2015
Page Views:	1,028 total · 7/month
Shared By:	Ken Duncan on Jan 19, 2015
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023 Details

Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Description

Climbs nice dihedrals with an exciting and airy finish on the arete above Not on a Weak Day.

P1. 5.10d/11a. Boulder up and left from the base of the Not on a Weak Day offwidth past a bolt. Tenuously lieback past two more bolts then up a dihedral. Ascend another dihedral to a stance below the upper overhangs. Clip a bolt, step up on to the face, then move right to the arete. With hands on the arete and feet on the overhanging right face, climb the spectacular arete past two more bolts to bolted anchors (left of the Not on a Weak Day anchors).

Location

Climb the arete on the left side of the gash above Totem Tower just left of Not on a Weak Day. See the photo.

Approaches include:

1) Climb Levitation or one of the other central slab routes, then scramble up to the base of the route.

2) Walk left around the west end of Main Crag. Head up to the base of the cliff then angle up and right following cairns in a trough. Scramble up behind Totem Tower and up to the base of the route.