Type: | Trad, 115 ft (35 m), 2 pitches |
FA: | unknown |
Page Views: | 221 total · 13/month |
Shared By: | Ross Swanson on Aug 30, 2023 |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Per Bob Siegrist: as of 6/11/20, the parking areas are no longer blocked off. RMNP is open.
Per Matt B: this area is currently closed to all visitors due to temporary RMNP closures. The entire parking area is blocked off. Please do not threaten access to this area by climbing during this closure to all visitors.
Description
P1. Once on the white ledge, set your gear, then go up the left side to gain the next ledge. About 10 feet left of the second ledge is a diagonal crack. Go up this until it is possible to break right to gain the main crack leading to the P1 belay ledge with bolts, 9+/10a.
P2. On the left side of the ledge is a corner with a crack. Go up this until it is possible to traverse right below a roof. There is a bolt here that makes the traverse okay. Go up to another roof with two good nut placements, swing around the roof on the left, and continue up easier rock (don't fall here) to a two bolt belay station, 9+/10a.
Location
As the approach trail rounds the western end of Mid RIB Rock, the white and black banded OH north face comes into view. There are two crack systems on this part of the face - a very prominent, diagonal crack leading to a couple of roofs is seen on the right. This climb is the crack on the left. Start where the big band of white rock enters the ground with a sloping ledge about 6 feet up, and 12' above that, there is another ledge with a left-facing corner on the right.
The bottom of the route has a series of cracks that leads to the main crack that reaches a big ledge about 80 feet up. At first sight, it looks like a 5.7 route a series of ledges, but because the wall is overhanging, the climbing is a little harder.
This route crosses a bolted line that we TR'ed at some 11 grade - it provides nice belay stations. It looks like a 70m rope will reach the ramp at the base of the wall, but we did two raps so we could TR the nice, bolted line.
2 Comments