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Routes in Warbonnet Peak
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Black Elk T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Blue Bonnet T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Brown Cow T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Col du Ane T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Drop of a hat... T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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feather buttress T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R |
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Golden Eagle Feathers T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R |
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Northeast Face, Left T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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our route T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b C0-1 PG13 |
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Plume: Broken Arrow, NE Face, The T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Roof of Tears T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Smegma V0 4 |
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Weather Or Not... T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Who's On First T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 1000 ft (303 m), 8 pitches, Grade IV |
| FA: | Charlie Fowler and Jeff Lowe, 1979 |
| Page Views: | 36,417 total · 191/month |
| Shared By: | Tom Rangitsch on Aug 13, 2008 · Updates |
| Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
Description
Black Elk was the "hardest route in the Cirque" for over 20 years. While technically not in the Cirque (see location below), it is one of the best routes in this area of the Winds. (Please note that the pitch lengths are estimates from memory and if anyone has better estimates, please post them in comments.)
P1 Scramble up ledges from the left side of the southeast face. Stay low when you have the option. The route finding for the very beginning of the roped climbing was a bit difficult. Rope up once the blocky climbing ends and trend right maybe 50 feet depending on where you start from until you reach a 4 foot orange circle of rock . Go straight up just before the orange rock pulling onto the lege and bust back left and take the ramp/dihedral. Belay at the base of a very long, vertical, right facing corner.
P2 Climb the pretty right facing corner passing some small overlaps on fingers and hands and lay backing. Belay at a small stance or link into p2 5.10-, 110 feet. We didn't find the most comfortable belay spot here, it was semi-hanging.
P3 Keep going up the right facing corner up an incredible hand crack, awesome pitch. Belay at the top on a pillar/ledge that has a bolt on its right side. It's actually better to belay on the left side of this ledge as the next pitch starts from there. 5.10, 100 feet. P2 and P3 can be combined with a 70 meter rope.
P4 Climb up a gorgeous splitter hand crack that eventually turns into a small right facing corner. Pass a roof on hands, then one on fists and lay backing to a stance just above. Then it's just some 5.11 off fists for about 15-20 feet. Belay above this wide section in a pod or just above in a finger crack, depending on what size of gear you have left. Either way it's not a very comfy belay. 5.11a and 165 feet.
P5 Another great pitch. Climb a splitter hand and finger crack, making a fun crack switch right at about 40 feet to gain a right angling hand crack. Belay at the right side of a ledge at a finger crack. 5.10 and 150 feet.
P6 Make a difficult move off the belay to a right facing wall with a discontinuous finger crack. Climb under a huge chockstone on its left side and belay just past it. 5.9, 160 feet.
P7 Two options here. Either climb a right facing dihedral with bad gear to the left 70 feet to a ledge and easier terrain to the top.
P7 2 Or climb the right facing corner/ramp to the right to the top of the cliff. The climbing eases after the first 70 feet to ledgy 5.7 to the top of the cliff. This can be done in one 80m pitch or broken into multiple. 5.9
P8 Climb to the right of largish chockstone and continue up a fun gully/chimney with lots of options. 5.8, 180 feet.
From here scramble up ledges about 300 feet with some easy 5th class moves to the top.
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