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Central Buttress/5.7 start
5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
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Routes in D. Right of Wizard's Gate
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Bunions S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c |
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Central Buttress/5.7 start T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Closed Casket S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Gillett Arete S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Grand Central S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Not Wizard's Gate S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c |
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Off to See the Wizard T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Pyramid Scheme S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Wild Raspberry T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c |
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| Type: | Trad, 600 ft (182 m), 3 pitches |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,675 total · 6/month |
| Shared By: | Leo Paik on Aug 26, 2001 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Access Issue: Area Closure ended but timed entry permits are REQUIRED
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Per Julius Beres & Matt B: $2 timed entry permits issued by RMNP are definitely required if you arrive after 9a and before 3p.
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.
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
This is a pleasant climb up the obvious rounded arête splitting the Lower Great Face; however, it utilizes an easier start to the right (in the land of many dihedrals) to gain the arête 200 feet up. The actual rounded arête looked challenging for the group I was with that day, so we looked left, then right for less bulging terrain.
P1. To the right of this arête, we used a nice crack/dihedral system for perhaps 100 feet, 5.6, from there a traverse into more alpine-feeling terrain and a slight left-angling line took us to a perch with ok belay with a wire, #0.75 Camalot, #1 Camalot, and red Alien, 200 feet.
P2. Move up alpine-feeling rock to a mid-cliff break and continue up exquisite, beautiful, face climbing reminiscent of an toned-down version of Hallett Peak, 5.5, 200 feet.
P3. Easier climbing arcs slightly to the left to a ledge system short of the top. One last bit and you're there. Beware of rope drag with this last bit. 5.4, 200 feet. Walk off East into the gully between the Upper and Lower Great Faces and skirt the Lower Great Face on the North end.
Certainly there are harder variations to this line, 5.10b Rossiter & Griebe, 5.10d Gillett & Snively, but the path of least resistance described here is a delightful romp.
P1. To the right of this arête, we used a nice crack/dihedral system for perhaps 100 feet, 5.6, from there a traverse into more alpine-feeling terrain and a slight left-angling line took us to a perch with ok belay with a wire, #0.75 Camalot, #1 Camalot, and red Alien, 200 feet.
P2. Move up alpine-feeling rock to a mid-cliff break and continue up exquisite, beautiful, face climbing reminiscent of an toned-down version of Hallett Peak, 5.5, 200 feet.
P3. Easier climbing arcs slightly to the left to a ledge system short of the top. One last bit and you're there. Beware of rope drag with this last bit. 5.4, 200 feet. Walk off East into the gully between the Upper and Lower Great Faces and skirt the Lower Great Face on the North end.
Certainly there are harder variations to this line, 5.10b Rossiter & Griebe, 5.10d Gillett & Snively, but the path of least resistance described here is a delightful romp.
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