| Type: | Trad, 350 ft (106 m), 3 pitches, Grade II |
| GPS: | 39.15624, -113.44051 |
| FA: | Bill Robbins and Thomas Koch, 1985 |
| Page Views: | 972 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | thehackattack on Jun 11, 2019 |
| Admins: | Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher |
Description
Pitch 1 has it all: start with an excellent layback sequence off the deck. Some squeezing/chimneying continues through the corner for a ways before moving out right onto the face to overcome a series of ledgey bulges, then moves back left into the crack and good corner until a two bolt anchor at the base of the headstone hand crack (5.9)
Pitch 2: climb the sharp hand crack up to the improbable crux at it's top; a bizarre bulging roof with difficult feet and flaring hands (5.10+ or A0 5.9). Surmount this and ramble across the ledge to a belay alcove.
Pitch 3: Chimney and squeeze up, complete a step across to a short crack system and soon gain the two bolt anchor at the top of the route--let loose a ferocious poodle howl (5.9)
Rap the route with one 70 m rope.
Location
From the main campsites beneath the Tombstones, one CANNOT see this route since it is east-facing (up canyon). Head to the toe of the buttress and hike round towards the base of the obvious right-facing dihedral. Look for the vertical hand crack up high that forms a large corner system (this is the start of pitch 2)



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