GM Route 5.9
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| Type: | Trad, 3 pitches, Grade II |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
| FA: | Ed Gibson, Greg Markov |
| Submitted By: | Lizzy Trower on Jan 26, 2006 |
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The second pitch of G-M goes up the corner right o...
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Description A fun route with great rock and varied climbing. Walk right from the clearing in front of the tunnel and turn left when the trail allows. There is a ledge 15-20 ft. up. There are a couple of boulder problems that go up the face, or you can scramble around up and right to gain the ledge, then traverse back left to the bolts where the route begins. P1 (5.8+) Climb up the corner past a bolt to a long ledge. Traverse to the left end of the ledge, where you will find a bolted belay by the tree. P2 (5.9) Continue directly up the corner and then up an easier flake section. This pitch requires big gear, especially to protect the easier section. The moves between the corner and the crack/flake above can be hard. P3 (5.9)Head left and then up a crack to bolts at the top. A fun variation is to follow the crack up and right from the belay (Heart of the Country, 10b). Descent: Rap the route. You can reach the ground from the top of the second pitch with 2 60-m ropes.
Protection Standard trad rack to 4 or 5" be sure to bring at least 2 big pieces (e.g. #4 and #5 camalots) for the second pitch. All belays/rap stations are bolted. Make sure to have runners for the first pitch to help reduce rope drag.
By Jesse James
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 13, 2006
| There is a great varition from the top of the 5.10b pitch on heart of the country that continues for about 40 more feet. The Cramer guide calls it 11a, but its not any harder than 5.10 with great gear. |
By john stiles
Aug 12, 2006
| i agree with jesse, the final pitch on hoc is 10. the last 3 pitches are short and link up easily with a 60 making it a great full-value pitch. |
By 8jimi8
Sep 3, 2006
| i'll second the full value.
and i'll have seconds please.
John thanks for showing us the route, say hey to Michelle :) |
By sqwirll
From: Las Vegas
Oct 15, 2007
| I don't think the big gear is all that necessary on the 2nd pitch. I think I placed a #3 and #4 camalot on that pitch. If you look around there are some options. |
By sqwirll
From: Las Vegas
Oct 27, 2008
| If the right hand start is wet, I'd suggest scrambling around from the left. We climbed the right hand side and the ledge was wet, leave covered, and downright scary for both the leader and follower. |
By Keenan Waeschle
From: Bozeman, MT
Jun 27, 2010
| looked at this today, the sloping ledge 30 feet above sharp flakes scared us off. is there a easier way to get up? also, how many people solo the 5.10 direct start? getting into the route looked super sketch |
By Eric Fjellanger
Jun 6, 2011
| As sqwirll says, scrambling in from the left is easy. I would almost always do that before the right-hand approach.
The direct "boulder problem" seemed much harder than the 5.10c Cummins's guide gives it, even on TR. |
By Brian Prince
From: morro bay, ca
Sep 30, 2012
| The ground can be reached in two raps with a single 70m form the top. Or 3 raps if you want, but it definitely works. All the stars if you do the heart of country pitch which is phenomenal. Don't stop on the ledge, just keep going up the crack for more of the same for the "variation." |
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