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North Wall

Submitted By: Nate Adams on Aug 22, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
Elevation: 9,200 feet
Latitude: 39.4077  Longitude: -106.6565 
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Description 

The North Wall stays shaded all day, which makes it the perfect escape from the summer heat. Routes range from 5.10b to 5.Hard, but most climbers will be drawn to the large number of excellent 5.11- climbs. The wall is surrounded by large pine trees, making this a nice cool setting. The rock here is generally quite good, with clean vertical panels of gray, Rifle-esque limestone.


Getting There 

Two roads access the canyon, one on each side of the creek. For the North Wall, follow the West road, which deadends just below The Prow. From the last pullout before the end of the road, follow a good trail west towards the Prow, across an improvised footbridge that crosses the west fork of the creek. The trail forks just under the Prow. Take the left fork to access the Prow routes; the right fork leads you to the North Wall.


Routes 

L=>R:

1. Rafting with Rednecks (aka "Test"), 10
2. Blood, 11
3. Sweat, 10-
4. Tears, 11-
5. 22 Acacia Avenue, 11-
6. Pineapple Thunderpuss, 11-
7. UckFay UshBay, 11-
8. The Bush League, 12-
9. Unnamed, looks 12+/13
10. Radical Sabbatical, 12


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for North Wall:
Sweat   5.10b     Sport, 50 feet   
Rafting with Rednecks (aka "Test")   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Uckfay Ushbay   5.11a     Sport, 50 feet   
Tears   5.11a     Sport, 50 feet   
Blood   5.11c     Sport, 90 feet   
The Bush League   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
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By chris deulen
From: Portland, ME
Sep 3, 2007

There is a new route to the left of Blood.