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Lift Up Your Face

5.8+, Trad, 250 ft (76 m), 3 pitches,  Avg: 2.1 from 9 votes
FA: Tony Calderone 2016
Utah > Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Disciple Ridge > Upper Sector

Description

This starts as a fine short sport climbing pitch on generally good rock then degenerates into a mostly bolted pitch over chossy ground and then a full-trad pitch over similarly broken terrain. (1) Clip bolts and juke your way up a blunt arête to a decent ledge and chains – worth doing as a warm-up for More than a Feeling and Walking the Plank upslope. (5.8, 50 feet.) (2) Continue clipping bolts, trending left when it doubt, to another set of chains. (5.6, 80 feet.) (3) We worked back right past a gully system to a steeper crack system that ended in the vicinity of a huge but somewhat sloppy ledge, but the Calderone guide shows the route as climbing the gully system to the top of Disciple Ridge.  In either case, the pitch ends at chain anchors. (5.6, at least 100 feet.)

Location

Lift Up Your Face

is the probably the first bolted route you’ll encounter if approached viea the East Face of Challenge Buttress and Vector Madness Wall.  See beta photograph.

Protection

Single set of cams, a dozen draws, and some shoulder-length slings. To descend, plan on two or three rappels from chains; don’t pass up any stations if in doubt.

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zoso
 
[Hide Comment] Steiger's trail puts you right at the base of this. Look for bolts with a rubber cap on the nut. Sep 20, 2018
Stan Pitcher
SLC, UT
[Hide Comment] Just did the first pitch (6 bolts). Seems the intent was to move left to clip the 3rd bolt and then back right. More fun just to go straight up at the 2nd bolt and either use an orange Metolius or long reach left to clip the 3rd bolt. Aug 30, 2019
Jason Shumaker
Salt Lake City, UT
 
[Hide Comment] First pitch was ok with good bolt placement. Second pitch was meh; the belay station was in a funky position. Third pitch probably not worth doing for the gully. You could probably link the last two pitches. The last set of anchors are a bit hard to find but they will be to the climber's right and down if you go up the gully. The gully is loose, bushy and not desirable. The first rap was short and you can reach the ground on the second rap with a 70m. Aug 2, 2024