| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 700 ft (212 m), 6 pitches, Grade II |
| GPS: | 45.3886, -110.48639 |
| FA: | Seth Kane, Ian Dodds September 2017 |
| Page Views: | 1,338 total · 17/month |
| Shared By: | Talas Savant on Sep 3, 2019 · Updates |
| Admins: | GRK, Zach Wahrer |
Description
This route shares the start of Go West!, but after the first few meters goes left. Head towards the nice looking red buttress at roughly half height. The crux pitch is amongst this red head wall. The last pitch is an amazing crack transfer just beneath the summit. This route is surprisingly high quality despite some gardening and lichen. From the top walk to the climbers left to find the first rap station.
Pitch by pitch:
P1: Climb straight up from the broken pillar following intermittent cracks and face features trending slightly left under the prominent roof system. At about 100 ft. angle left and climb easier terrain below the small diving board feature. Make a few steep face moves on good holds to gain a walkable ledge and traverse right to a huge ledge and belay. 170 ft 5.9
P2: Go up easier terrain aiming for the diagonal crack in the red face just right of the prominent left-facing corner. Climb the crack through a few awkward flaring finger and hand jams and some lie backing. Slightly licheny, but it's all there. Mantle out of the crack to a stance and then climb to the left on big knobs and then directly up to another big ledge. 135 ft. 5.10
P3: From the left hand side of the large ledge, go up a shallow blocky dihedral that has some vegetation. Near the top of this dihedral, below the large roof, the angle starts to steepen. Large quartz holds will appear on your right, follow these up and right to gain the right hand side of the blunt arete. Long slings helpful here to reduce rope drag. Once on the right side of the arete follow a crack through a short bulge and easier face climbing up to a small stance and belay. 160ft 5.9
P4: Climb a right trending juggy flake up into a small dihedral. At the top of the dihedral take the left of two cracks which will take you to the summit. 110 ft. 5.9



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