Mineral Maze 5.11d
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BH on FA of Mineral Maze.
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Description Just up-hill from Water Line is a right facing dihedral with a small roof, this is just behind a large tree. Approach from the slab (easy) and belay at the tree. Mineral Maze is a cool problem that entails getting established in the dihedral and solving the roof pull on the right. This is a power move on good hands, and you may try to get some gear in after pulling the lip, however, the slab is just a move away and probably most folks just climb on through. Belay at one of the trees and walk off left. This is a very worthy problem.
Protection Just bring a rope and a couple of draws. While this pitch may be as much as 50 ft of climbing, about all the gear you will get is a pair of bolts in the dihedral.
Mineral Maze, West Ridge, Eldo.
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By Anonymous Coward
Mar 4, 2002
| Unless things have changed since I last did this, these bolts really need to be replaced. |
By Richard M. Wright
From: Lakewood, CO
Mar 4, 2002
| Bolts on Mineral Maze and Water Line are in need of replacement. They are not death traps, but being upgraded to 3/8 would be very rational, and should this be brought up to the FHRC. |
By steve dieckhoff
Mar 4, 2002
| It's not necessary to get FHRC approval to replace bolts-simply inform the rangers on the day you are doing it. |
By Richard M. Wright
From: Lakewood, CO
Mar 5, 2002
| An upgrade would entail redrilling the existing hole. Does that change anything? |
By Steve Levin
From: Boulder, CO
May 26, 2006
| The second bolt has been replaced. |
By kevin murphy
Mar 22, 2009
| This baby seemed pretty hard. I may have read it wrong. Really good though. Gear on the slab seem mandatory. A fall would be ugly. Seems harder that Runsholt Schrunch. sp. Both great routes for lower West Ridge. Add in Super Scoop. Old school 11.d in Eldo is awesome. Good day |
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