Skidmark Right  WI5+ M6

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Type:  Trad, Sport, Mixed, Ice, 1 pitch, 100 feet Consensus:  WI5+ M6 [details] FA:  ? Kevin Cooper and Howard Burkhardt ?Duncan Ferguson Jeff Lowe Mark Wilford New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Ryan Jennings on Dec 5, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Skidmark Right.

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Kevin Cooper, Howard Burkhardt and I put up three new ice routes on this crag this last weekend 12/1/2006. Perhaps they have been done before. If not they are now called "Skidmark Left, Skidmark Right and Road Rash". All three climb 1-2" thick ice and use existing bolts and natural protection except for Road Rash which required the addition of one bolt above a loose flake. They form most years for a few days. Skidmark Left is the black water streak of Alley Cat Street and uses this routes protection. Skidmark Right is just right of Alley Cat Street and uses mostly natural pro with a long reach right for a bolt 30ft? up. Road Rash starts left of a left-facing corner (100ft? right of the other routes) and starts out steep up and slightly right to some sketchy flakes that must be stood on to reach the new bolt before commiting to a slab that takes you to a small overlap which leads up a left leaning/facing corner. All three routes are WI5+M6 or thereabouts and 80-100ft in length. Enjoy!

This was originally submitted as a comment in the S. St. Vrain rock section.

Location 

Just right of Alley Cat Street.

Protection 

Bolt and natural protection.

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Howard Burkhardt enjoying this route in awesome ve...	Howard about mid way up.	Close up of the middle of this route.
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