| Type: | Trad, 400 ft (121 m), 6 pitches |
| GPS: | 38.6571, -109.3678 |
| FA: | Jay Smith, Jim Turner |
| Page Views: | 323 total · 9/month |
| Shared By: | MauryB on Apr 28, 2023 |
| Admins: | slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher |
RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring. Indian Creek Raptor Closure walls include: Echos, The Wall, Far Side, Original Meat, Tenderloins, Second Meat, First Meat, Selfish, Six Star, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, Reservoir Wall, Critic’s Choice.
Description
A relatively newer route, Jay Smith continues to deliver!
P1, 5.11: Tips lock/layback in a R facing corner to good fingers, then a ledge rest. Continue up the corner system to pop out atop the leaning pillar that forms the "cave" for the start and a 2 bolt belay.
P2, 5.11-: Follow the line of bolts off the left side of the pillar (and a few cams) for 30 feet to a large ledge, you can belay here at a single bolt + gear, or a fairly straightforward link into P3.
P3, 5.11+: Launch into the gorgeous, splitter R facing corner above, pulling a few small rooflets and ending at a 2 bolt belay.
We rapped from here per the guidebook recommendation of deteriorating quality. A 70m doesn't quite reach from the top of P3 to the pillar, could extend with slings or a short rap off the single biner belay is easy, then an easy 30m rappel down the first pitch.
Experience from continuing higher would be welcome!



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