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Opus Dei

Name: Opus Dei
Rating: 3.0

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in The Hermitage

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	Ascension, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Confessions Part II T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Flagellation T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Opus Dei T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Testify T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, 70 ft (21 m)
GPS:	38.74058, -105.02685
FA:	Kyle Okular and Sam Byrne, May 2025
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Access Issue: Private Property Alert Details

Access to Cathedral Park Ranch crosses private property in some areas. Consult a map, and park your vehicle before Clyde and the tunnel to avoid crossing private land.

Per Dakota Millard: the access issue suggestion states to park before Clyde Campground. The recommended approach that does not cross private property starts at Clyde Campground's parking. 100% do not approach from the hairpin where the area is most visible. Approaching from the hairpin directly crosses private property.

Description

As the name suggests, Opus Dei is truly a work of God. Opus Dei possesses almost undoubtedly the best rock quality at Cathedral Park. It's like an awesome crack on Pike's Peak. If it were longer than one pitch, it would be a mega-classic.

Opus Dei begins by ascending a 4th Class chimney to a small belay ledge. Rope up for this chimney if you like. Next is the main attraction: an awesome vertical finger and thin hands crack. Eventually the angle of the climb will start to lessen, and a low-angle, large crack will appear on climber's right. Take this crack to a nice belay ledge, the same belay ledge as at the top of the P4 5.8 hand crack of The Ascension.

This climb makes a worthy P3 and P4 of the route The Ascension. It's also worth coming back to climb this route after rapping down from the summit if you have time.

Location

This is the farthest right route on the ledge atop all of the pitch 2 climbs. It begins in the spacious chimney as the ledge goes down a little into a gully. Climb up the chimney, roping up if you choose, to reach the stellar fingers and thin hands crack in a dihedral.