Don't know what it is but it sure is purdy. This climb is located on the hill side above Frog Rock and CO Hwy 133. It is visible from the road for a nanosecond as you drive by. Has come in the last two years. After climbing up the access gully rope up for this stellar pitch then traverse the mountainside north to the base of an iced up chimney/gully system that leads to the more obvious flow as seen from the road. This last pitch can't be climbed several ways including straight up the right hand side through a mixed roof and back out left to the ice (M5R).
This took so long to get in here since I first sent it that I think some things got mixed up. I can't imagine I actually wrote the word "purdy" but whatever. The mixed section on the third pitch is more like M5R not M7R. We've since named the route "Stoney Fest WI5+M5R". The second and third pitches have been climbed but most likely without the mixed variation at the top. More photos and routes are on Splitterchoss.com.
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