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Moterin'

Name: Moterin'
Rating: 4.0

5.10c YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII UIAA 20 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in Cowen Massif

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	Avanti Popolo T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Black Jacque Shellacque T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Catch a Tiger Traverse T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Conscious Water T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Direct Original Northeast Guides Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Go Left T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Go West T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Mark of the Beast T 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Montana Centennial Route T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Moterin' T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Northeast Arete T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Passive-Aggressive Disorder T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Standard Route, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Standard Route, West Face of Miney T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Tensor Flow T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b C0

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 800 ft (242 m), 7 pitches, Grade III
FA:	Ryan Davis, Seth Kane, Ian Dodds September 2019
Page Views:	1,169 total · 21/month
Shared By:	Talas Savant on Sep 3, 2019 · Updates
Admins:	GRK, Zach Wahrer Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

This route ascends the north wall of Meenie Spire from about half height of the couloir to gain the east ridge. The first pitch is a bit licheny, but provides awesome, high quality climbing! The FA went at about 6 pitches, but one could easily break it down into shorter sections. Most of the pitches are in the 5.10 range, most notably the section before gaining the east ridge: a cool .3 sized crimp traverse. Once on the ridge enjoy classic aesthetic climbing with fair route finding. The last technical pitch seems improbable and has some airy climbing! The FA was done in 14 hours car-to-car.

Location

From Elbow Lake head up to the right. Climb the couloir between Meenie and Minie through some 5.7 approaching, this would be snow in the early season. At about half height, across from a grassy ledge on the south side of Miney, scramble up to a small grassy ledge to start the route. Roughly underneath some big overhanging corners, which you climb left of. The route traverses out left from the ledge to start. From the summit, a 60 meter rap to the north gets you to the Meenie Miney Col.