Kachina Wings 5.10+
| 1,050 page views
Good page?   |
| Type: | Trad, 6 pitches, 1500 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11a [details] |
| FA: | Joe Hladick and Scott Fischer, early 1980s |
| Season: | spring and fall |
| Submitted By: | AdamFerro on May 22, 2009 |
| |
Pitch 2.
Add Photo  Printer View
2013 Raptor Closures MORE INFO >>>
Serpent Point and the adjacent walls within one-half mile are closed to public use from March 15 through July 15. This includes the landscape portions above the walls extending 50 feet from the rim edge. This pertains to the following areas:
North Rim areas - The Alpine Aretes, Porcelain Arete, and Painted Wall. These climbing routes are closed: Alpine Route, Porcelain Arete, On the Border, Broken Porcelain, Northern Arete, Beyer Route, The Dragon, The Serpent, Forrest-Walker, Stratosfear, Journey Through Mirkwood, and Southern Arete.
South Rim areas - Dragon Point and Dragon Point Buttress. These climbing routes are closed: Pilgrimage, Crumb Blunder, Magic Dragon, Black Adder, Black Snake, Black Heathen, Black Dragon Rider, and Silent Rage.
This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project.
You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.
|
|
Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment
|
|
Description Kachina Wings is the beatufil corner system climbers right of Journey Home. This line is amazing: steep, sustained, and very exposed. There is no need for a topo, follow the corner system up to the terrace and break up the pitches how ever you want. The pegmatite OW is the crux climbed at 10+ and is friendlier than it appears...but hey, it's still a 130' pegmatite OW, so tread lightly.
Location Hike down the Cruise gully, you can't miss it.
Protection Doubles to #4 Camalot, #5 and #6 Camalot.
OW.
|
Pitch 3.
|
Pitch 2.
|
Comfortable belay ledge.
| | |
| Comments on Kachina Wings |
|
By Bryan Feinstein
From: Jackson, WY
May 6, 2010
rating: 5.11a
| This climb is well worth the occasional looseness encountered! Spectacular exposure. |
By Will Anglin
From: Sykesville, MD
Jun 15, 2010
rating: 5.11-
| This is kinda like Journey Home's ugly sister, the one who was in the marching band, yup, that one. Heavy on the hand sizes. An old style #5 is a nice piece to have. |
By Scott Krankkala
Jun 15, 2010
rating: 5.11-
| Outstanding climb on some sections of undesirable rock. The exposure and sustained nature makes this a worthwhile venture. |
By phil broscovak
From: Boo-older, Co.
Jun 16, 2010
| My partner and I were heading down gully for some route when those guys were putting this route up. We, the "locals", had no idea who these guys were. But we did note that they were poaching a plum line from right under our noses. We might have been a touched miffed except the speed, grace and efficiency of their assent amazed us and certainly belied the seriousness of the climb. We were impressed. So with a respectful nod o' the chapeau, we bumbled off on our way for the day. I've thought of that day often since Scott was lost on Everest. |
|
RSS Feed
76 more...
Slideshow
