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Routes in The Ledges
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A Friendly Bush S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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A Slow Motion Classic Car Crash S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Bashful S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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Big Thompson Yard Sale, The S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Classic, The T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Corbel S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Counting Sheep S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Domino Theory S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Egg Shell Fairy, The S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Everybody Pushes a Broom S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Friend Or Bro? S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Girl's Always Right, The S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Green Hornet S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Guided By Angles S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Hard to Reed S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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I'm Not Your Mother S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Indifferent S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Love Again S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Monoped S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Near Miss Adventure S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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No-No Blox, The S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Pedestal, The S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Rainbird S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Redbird (aka Ladybird) S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Severe Tire Damage S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Sitting Pretty S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Tenacious S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
| Type: | Sport, 115 ft (35 m) |
| GPS: | 40.42159, -105.24011 |
| FA: | Fred AmRhein, Craig Zimmerman June 2017 |
| Page Views: | 1,104 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Fred AmRhein on Sep 20, 2018 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc. - open since 2023
Details
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
Do a well-protected, interesting move off the ground to get over the undercut start. Ascend up to the large ledge, and take the easiest way to establish yourself on the upper face. Head up to the large block with the crack behind it, and overcome it in whatever way you like (hint, it’s a crack ...so lay ____, rhymes with...). If you want, sit pretty on top of the block, take in the view ,and look forward to some interesting puzzle moves up the face above you. Sometimes as you Sit Pretty, you will get an agitated serenade from the swallows that live behind the block. For an added longer bonus, instead of going to the first set of chains, proceed up to the right after the last bolt before the lower chains, clip one more bolt, and head up to the upper chains. These upper chains will need either an 80m rope or a multiple rappel to get you down to the crag bottom.
Note: when pulling your rope, it might be best to pull to one side or the other of the Sitting Pretty block's crack. Ropes have been known to get stuck in that area when pulled straight down on top of the block.
CAUTION: the 1st anchors are set at the limit of a 70m rope for lowering/rappelling. Tie knots and be careful - it's a rope stretcher! Similarly for the upper anchors with an 80m rope, tie knots and be careful!
Location
From the west, traverse along the cliff bottom, and step down a few steps at a cave-like overhang. Continue east under a buttress (the start of Rainbird and Redbird), and proceed another 15' around the corner. Sitting Pretty is found just to the right of the route in the corner (Tenacious) at an undercut face. To the right of Sitting Pretty is the start of Domino Theory (also undercut).
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