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Coyote Crossing

Name: Coyote Crossing
Rating: 3.0

5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British PG13

Routes in Mount Russell

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	Bloody Corner T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Coyote Crossing T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	East Arete T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Fishhook Arête T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Goldbug T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mithril Dihedral T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	North Face T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	South Slope T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
	Star Trekkin' T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Western Front T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 500 ft (152 m), 5 pitches, Grade III
GPS:	36.58999, -118.29099
FA:	Cam Dodds, Chip Powell 08/2020
Page Views:	987 total · 16/month
Shared By:	Chip Powell on Oct 15, 2020
Admins:	Chris Owen, Lurk Er, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Certain Peaks: Access limited from May to October every year Details

Some of the peaks in this area are restricted (not all). See the Inyo National Forest's Mount Whitney Zone regulations webpage fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/pas… for current information. Access is usually limited from May to October of every year from the highest elevations of most of the Lone Pine Creek watershed.

Description

Coyote Crossing follows a somewhat inobvious line on the arete and face of the pillar that forms the left facing wall of Mithril Dihedral. A slight deviation for the typical splitter Russell routes, this route involves some exciting and exposed face climbing, with plenty of hand jams to boot.

Pitch 1: Climb crack system with the inverted triangular flake, move right out of a small roof and climb cracks trending left to a stance on the left side of the arete (5.10)

Pitch 2: Climb a crack in a corner on the right side of a hanging pillar to a partially hanging belay below a roof (we found a bail anchor here suggesting a previous attempt or an off route party attempting Mithril) (5.9+)

Pitch 3: Pull the roof on jugs, crossing the arete in the process (wild!), climb incipient cracks, knobs, and edges up the beautiful orange face to an overlap, undercling left and follow cracks to a sloping belay ledge at the base of a corner (5.10+, PG-13)

Pitch 4: Climb the wide hand/fist crack in a corner, through a roof and onto a knobby face with bottoming cracks, climb cracks and glorious knobs to the apex of the pillar! Belay on top of the pillar(5.10)

-From here, scramble or simul a few hundred feet to the summit

Location

The start of this route can be identified by a downward pointing triangular flake to the right of the Mithril Dihedral's start and crosses the arete twice before joining Mithril for the final scrambling pitches