Lithophyte  5.10a

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 160 feet Consensus:  5.10- [details] FA:  Bernard Gillett, Brad White, Jason Cushner, Dave Warowski, Thad Eggen, Chris Hill, 2002 Season:  Year round Submitted By:  Luke Clarke on Nov 12, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Just above the crux move. Above this the angle eas...

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Description 

This climb ascends a left-facing crack system to a right-facing dihedral on the skyline when viewed from the base. The cracks at the bottom will improve if more traffic cleans up some of the grunge.
The upper dihedral, however, is whistle clean. Getting established in it is the crux. Some fun mixed trad/bolted climbing follows to a two-bolt chain anchor. You can rap from there on a single rope to a ledge with easy down-climb options.

Location 

The route is on the southwest face near where the approach described in Gillett's St. Vrain guide brings you to the crag. It begins in a left-facing, slightly grungy crack system just to the right of a face under large roofs.

Protection 

Small wires to cams of 3".

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The initial cracks of Lithophyte. These are harder...	At the stance below the crux. There is a bit of a ...	Starting the crux standup move. The crack is too t...