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Tail Feather

Name: Tail Feather
Rating: 2.4

5.10a YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Flaming Rock

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	Baby Eyes T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	City Girls S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Firewater S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Puzzle Wall S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Quest for Fire S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Radachello T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Raindance S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Reservations T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Smoke Signal S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Tail Feather S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Tither's Jam T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Tribal Boundaries S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Warrior Eyes TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
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Type:	Sport, 100 ft (30 m)
GPS:	42.07673, -113.7137
FA:	Dave Bingham (with Hannah North & Mike Engle)
Page Views:	2,400 total · 21/month
Shared By:	Boissal . on Sep 12, 2016
Admins:	GRK, Mike Engle, Eric Bluemn Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) There are no longer trash cans in the park. (3) Highlining ban in place for CIRO and CRSP Details

(1) The area, crags, and routes just north of the Twin Sisters are on private land and the landowner posted no trespassing notices at the gated road/trail to the area. Any access of these areas and routes is trespassing. The area was closed by the landowner due to trespassing, illegal camping, fires & trash, and disregard of owner's privacy.
Please be respectful of the land owner's wishes and do not climb or hike here. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's.
(2) In 2024 CIRO implemented a no trash cans anywhere policy. Be prepared to take your trash home with you. facebook.com/CityOfRocksNPS… and nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/…
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

Here are Google Drive links to the closure and the updated Code of Regulations for CIRO. drive.google.com/open?id=1y… and drive.google.com/open?id=1Y…

Description

This route appears to be the now-bolted top-rope Dave Bingham mentions here.
It takes a direct line which stops at its own anchor about 10' below the top of P1 of Raindance, (although the last bit of slab to the Raindance anchor is worth climbing).
Scamper up a steepish shallow dihedral with crumbly quartz chunks to interesting moves on good patina then get your slab game on and friction up a pillar to the right of a tree, using the edge of said pillar to keep the climbing moderate.

Location

Furthest left route on Flaming Rock, about 30' left of the start of Raindance.

Protection

Bolts (I want to say 7 or 8) to an independent bolted anchor below the top of P1 of Raindance.
A 70 m works to reach and lower from the anchor on top of the first pitch of Raindance, adding a bit of fun climbing. Not sure how a 60 m would work from there, definitely OK from the lower anchor though.