Quarry Wall 5.8
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| Type: | TR, 1 pitch |
| Consensus: | 5.9- [details] |
| FA: | unknown |
| Submitted By: | Leo Paik on Apr 5, 2002 |
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Erik Marr climbing Quarry Wall.
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Description This is for the semi-obscure aficionados. This is a feature that sees little traffic. This scar in the landscape has yielded a few briefly pleasant, 65-degree-angle slab climbs. Approach via the Mesa Trail from NCAR or Chataqua. There is a faint trail to its base, not too far from the Mesa Trail.
This is the route up the middle of the slab, right of Non-Friction.
Follow small edges up this smooth face past 4 bolts (1/4") to a 2 bolt anchor. The 3rd bolt seemed not very useful. To escape, you can climb 20 feet up to the trees above. You can also belay off trees above.
Protection 4 QDs, screamers useful, 50-60m rope.
By Brett B.
Jun 18, 2009
| Nice little climb with thin handholds and friction moves. Little runout on easy low angle slab. |
By Eric Brehm
From: Louisville, CO
Oct 4, 2010
rating: 5.9+
| This climb might be 5.8 if you zig and zag around to find the most usable features. If you lead it, or climb straight from bolt to bolt on top-rope, it is harder than that -- I would say 5.9+ or 5.10- between the second and third bolts. It is clearly a grade or two harder than the 5.8-rated route "Non-Friction" on the left side of the wall. |
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