Beautiful Swan  5.9+

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Type:  Sport, TR, 35 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  unknown Submitted By:  Jason Hundhausen on Jun 16, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (13) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Thompson Canyon's southern access via the private ranch is now closed. MORE INFO >>> The gate to Thompson Canyon's southern end is locked and is no longer a viable option for short and convenient access. The standard access is now via the longer, rougher Davenport Lookout/Thompson Canyon route. See below for details. New Mexico CRAG (NMCRAG) will continue to be in contact with the ranch owners and the Forest Service to see if we can resolve this issue. In the meantime, please respect the closure and spread the word. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Climb the leftmost side of the Ugly Duckling Boulder. The opening of Beautiful Swan isn’t as difficult as the start of the other routes here, the climbing remains fairly sustained at on glassy slopers and smaller pockets through the second bolt. After the second bolt, the climbing gets steeper, but the holds get better. Good stuff!

Location 

Left-most route on the Ugly Duckling Boulder

Protection 

3 bolts to a 2-bolt chained anchor