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The Olog-hai

M6, Mixed, 70 ft (21 m),  Avg: 3 from 1 vote
FA: Alden Pellett, Bert Severin
Vermont > VT Ice & Mixed > Smugglers Notch… > 03W - ENT Gully Area
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Description

This mixed route was put in ground-up, on-sight style by Alden Pellett and Bert Severin during a Smuggs Ice Bash when conditions on the lower part of the face allowed for marginal ice protection up to good trad gear higher up. The route was later retro-bolted by a party without consulting the first ascensionists.

Location

On the face just left of ENT Gully. Connects a series of horizontal and angled cracks through an overhang to the top.

The route name, derived from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium characters, the Olog-hai, are an advanced breed of half-trolls covered in spiky scales seen on the mountain borders of Mordor in the War of the Rings.

Protection

Later retro-bolted.