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Gritscone 


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Submitted By: Eliza Penick on May 4, 2009

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Gritscone - Middle.

Description 

Gritscone is a small wall of conglomerate sandstone. Great for beginners, the routes are all four bolts or less, & can be top roped.


Getting There 

Use directions to the Far Side of exit 38, hiking time about 15 minutes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Gritscone:
So Funny I Forgot to Rope Up 5.7   5.7     Sport, TR, 15 feet   
Snaffle Baffler   5.7     Sport, TR, 25 feet   
99 Grit   5.9     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Chica Rapida   5.10a     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Booty Squirrel   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
A Girl's Best Friend   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
Rough Cut   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 20 feet   
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Featured Route For Gritscone
The rope is on Needle Magnet, Magnetic Anomaly climbs the "cleaner" rock just to the right of the rope.

Magnetic Anomaly 5.9  WA : Exit 38/ Far Side : Gritscone
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By Rafe
May 11, 2009

All the routes here are short and more like bolted boulder problems. It's hard to tell whether they're soft or just short, not allowing a pump to set in. Several of them are definetly soft though. If you have yet to onsight .10's and .11's and want to say you have, come here.

By Tristan Higbee
From: Mexico
Jun 18, 2009

Fun little wall. My friend and I climbed every route here a couple days ago and pretty much every one felt over-graded. Here's what the routes are in the guide, followed by the guide rating and the rating we thought it was (from left to right):

Needle Magnet 5.7 (5.5/5.6)
Magnetic Anomaly 5.9 (5.8)
Lucky Arms 5.6 (5.6)
Snaffle Baffler 5.7 (5.7)
Rough Cut 5.11d (5.11b)
A Girl's Best Friend 5.11a (5.10c)
Booty Squirrel 5.10c (5.10b)
Chica Rapida 5.10a (5.8)
99 Grit 5.9 (5.8)
Pete's Possum Palace 5.7 (5.7)
So Funny I Forgot to Rope Up 5.7 (5.6)
So Easy I Forgot to Laugh 5.5 (really easy... easy solo)

By asoe
Aug 11, 2009

i brought eliza here and i agree it's def a good spot for newbies. i feel that it's more of a boulder area but great for new climbers to practice clipping and rapping due to the walk around (to the right of the face) to set anchors and a top rope without actually climbing the face first.