Type: Trad, Alpine, 1500 ft (455 m), 15 pitches, Grade IV
FA: Demuth, Lichtenegger, and Peringer
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Shared By: Rodger Raubach on May 4, 2011
Admins: Tim Wolfe, Shawn Heath

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Description Suggest change

The routefinding is relatively straightforward. Follow the initial wide crack to a rubble covered ledge. Proceed directly upward following the line of least resistance and several old fixed pitons. belay ledges are conveniently spaced until near the top. Much of the climbing is lower-middle fifth clsss (5.5.5.7) until a few hundred feet below the summit, at which point the difficulty increases. A steep stemming problem in a crack/dihedral at 5.8+/5.9- (a "hard Very Severe" according to my British parner, Lew Brown) pitch initiates the harder climbing. Looking upwards, the route is obvious, on steep and nearly crackless rock and is nearing 5.9 in difficulty. This is "R" rated terrain; don't fall.

Descend to the South, watching for old World War I barbed wire entanglements.

Location Suggest change

This route begins in a wide crack slightly South of the Arete proper, (Left, facing the rock).

Protection Suggest change

A few fixed pitons. Very runnout in places.

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