Last Grapes  5.8

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Consensus:  5.8 [details] FA:  Evans and Beck '80 Submitted By:  Ryan Kelly on Aug 26, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

The start of Last Grapes. Head up the crack past ...

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Description 

A fun single pitch fingercrack, this thing would be as popular as P1 of Dave's Deviation if it was in a more accessible area. The book gives it 5.9, but I think that’s a bit soft compared to climbs in the area. Mostly good jams, a little thin at the top but you have the dihedral to work with at that point.

Start on a face between My Pink Half of the Drainpipe and a right-facing dihedral on your left, where a couple of face moves leads to an obvious finger/hand crack with a bush in it 25 feet up. There’s a blocky section just past this with one sort of loose block, but it’s easy climbing. The crack continues up, thinning towards the top where it merges with the dihedral. A two bolt anchor/rap station is on the left.

Location 

Located on the Upper Northeast Buttress, which may not be easy to locate if you’re not familiar with the area. From El Whampo continue scrambling up and left around blocky ledges until you find a steep gulley/chimney. You may want to rope up here, there’s some awkward moves getting up.




Once the gulley levels out you should see obvious routes to your right, the roof of My Pink Half of the Drainpipe right above you. Last Grapes starts between My Pink Half and a right-facing dihedral on your left.

Protection 

Medium to small gear, there’s placements to 2” but you can get away with smaller.