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Type: Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Consensus: 5.9 [details]
FA: Unk
Submitted By: Dave Wise on Nov 16, 2007

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Description 

Excellent Hands splitter. Pass a flared section about 15' up, then jam through the crux bulge. Great jams from bottom to top. Only complaint is that it's not longer.


Location 

Right above the Idaho boulders. Very obvious splitter as seen from the trail--can't miss it. Treebeard is the 5.8 crack around the corner an uphill to the left.


Protection 

Hands. #2 camalots, one or two #3 camalots. Either a #1 camalot or a mid-large stopper for the top. 2 bolt anchor.



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John K's onsight of Hackberry Crack

John K's onsight of Hackberry Crack

Nice splitter

Nice splitter

Fun jamming all the way

Fun jamming all the way

Alex H. running up Hackberry at HCR

Alex H. running up Hackberry at HCR


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By Chris Prewitt
May 20, 2008
rating: 5.8

This is a super-fun route. Probably not as hard as WMA who's crux is thin hands, this has a big hands crux. A must do for he gearhead.

By John W. Knoernschild
From: Wisconsin
Jan 21, 2009
rating: 5.9+

Great route! Nice sustained 5.9 climbing with a few good rests in between. The view from the top is amazing.

By Ignacio
From: The Colony, TX
Feb 24, 2012
rating: 5.9+

So far my favorite trad route at the ranch. As with any crack, the experience varies depending on your hand size, but it felt like a sustained 5.9+ to me past the first 15ft or so. Good practice for cupped hands and elbow jamming.

By austin luper
From: Fayetteville
Oct 23, 2012

5.9+??? Great feet outside the crack to the crux then its just beautiful tight hands. The difficulty of this route is comparable to The Bastille Crack in Eldo which is 5.7 just for reference. one of AR's best cracks for sure

By Spenser Bolte
Dec 24, 2012

Super good. However, it feels more solid of a 5.9 if you got smaller hands.