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Moss and Choss

Name: Moss and Choss
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5.8+ YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British PG13

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	German and the Scot, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Highrise Buttress Left T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Kazeemo T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Moss and Choss T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Perennials T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	West Face Ramble T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 250 ft (76 m), 3 pitches
GPS:	36.6125, -105.6309
FA:	08/01/2015 Greg German, Jerry Nothstine
Page Views:	1,048 total · 8/month
Shared By:	Gregger Man on Sep 4, 2015
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Reservation & Fee Details

Enter before 7am, or explain you're a climber and you won't park at any nice parking lots. Otherwise, a reservation is required to drive up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway. You pick a 2-hour window for entry, and pay $22 (2026). You can enter anytime during that period, and stay as long as you want. recreation.gov/timed-entry/…
It's free to access any area by hiking instead of driving. That includes hiking from Echo Lake Park to Roadside, Gateway, Area A, Possibility, and everything around there. It also includes Hell's Hole and other areas.

Description

The Main Wall has several parallel, right-leaning dihedrals. The middle one opens up into an elevator shaft, but the next one to the left is what you are shooting for.

Getting to the start from above requires a couple of raps. Getting to the start from the lake below requires climbing 4 approach pitches as for Highrise Buttress Left.

P1 (5.8) - a short pitch. Move the belay over a couple of dihedrals. It is difficult to protect.

P2 (5.8+) - a long pitch. The dihedral gets cleaner as you go with some technical footwork here and there. There is sparse pro in sections.

P3 (5.8) - a short pitch to the top. Belay from a slung boulder.

Location

Park at the small pull-out near mile marker 8 a couple of curves before Summit Lake. Walk back NE about 0.2 miles to the saddle between Mt. Warren and Rogers Peak, and carefully pick your way up the slope. Alpine Lite is a 20 minute walk directly over the saddle.

To rap down the face of the main wall: the first rap station requires a belayed 20' downclimb (a station there was built from nuts and webbing). The second rap is a full 60m to a good ledge.