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The Smiling Mortician

Name: The Smiling Mortician
Rating: 1.1

5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Dance Hall of the Dead

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	Brutal Planet T,TR 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Cold Nipples and Busch T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cryptic T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Expropigation T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Grateful Head S,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Great Full Body T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lean Into It S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Servant of the Bones T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Smiling Mortician, The T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Unnamed corner to dirty crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unnamed thin hands through bulge T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Watusi Afterworld S,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Type:	Trad, TR, 80 ft (24 m)
FA:	Eddie Pain and Ryan Mills, 2002
Page Views:	889 total · 6/month
Shared By:	Matt Strauser on Nov 2, 2012
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: MM 23-29.5 - now ended daily CO 7 highway closure/delays Details

Per Kai Bouwman: the daily CO 7 highway closure/delay access issue is no longer a problem according to CDOT the construction finished as of Nov. 11, 2022.

From CDOT: Colorado Highway 7 is closed daily from MP 23-29.5. Motorists can only travel through the area between 6-8 am and 4-7 pm. During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays, and this schedule will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022.

During the closure, motorists need to take US 36 to CO 7.

codot.gov/projects/co7-lyon…

Description

This climb can be done with gear or toproped. Climb the easy slabs to reach the short, but challenging, offwidth crack. Then continue above to anchors.