Type: Trad, 180 ft (55 m)
FA: Mike Varlotta & Will Dameron, February 2003
Page Views: 542 total · 8/month
Shared By: Burton Rosenberger on Nov 8, 2018
Admins: Frances Fierst, C S

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Warning Access Issue: This area is closed to public use, each year, during February 15 - July 31 to protect nesting Peregrine Falcons. DetailsDrop down

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From the trail, continue 45-60' past When the Buffalo Roam to the upturned tree at the path's fairly subtle crest. Locate the mini-gendarme on a ledge ~25' above the crest. Climb the lower section of wall beneath and slightly left of the mini-gendarme. Continue up west-facing sections of headwall that meets the clean white roof at the cliff's midway point. Climb the vertical wall until the roof can be passed on the left (note: this is where the climb might deserve an "R" - the crux is over a marginal thin wire and a piece of brass). Continue up to the big roof. Traverse some 20' right until you can locate the moderate (5.7) exit through the roof.

Note: in the winter/spring of 2009, a huge chunk of rock fell from up high, obliterating the mini-gendarme noted in A Winter's Tale, leaving piles of rubble on the ledges above the trail, half destroying the trail itself, and leaving a swath of debris and destruction into the woods below, obliterating trees and foliage for nearly 50-70'. Take great care while in this area! -Indy's Online Guide

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Rubble now marks start. You can look up and right to find 1/3 from the top a piece of rock missing where the mini-gendarme used to be. See pictures of shared start.

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