Type: | Trad, Alpine, 700 ft (212 m), 6 pitches |
FA: | W. Mayo, B. Collett, September 2015 |
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Shared By: | Ben Collett on Sep 13, 2015 |
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Access Issue: Closures
Details
Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
Description
To the right of the the Charlie Fowler mixed route, the South Face, is a nice clean plaque of rock split by a big grassy ledge about 200 feet up. This route climbs a crack system up the left side of the plaque.
P1. Climb up a shallow, left-facing dihedral, stepping left into a face crack after 40 feet or so. Follow this to easier ground, belaying before the large ledge, 5.10-.
P2. Continue to the ledge, cross it, and climb easy ground to a nice ledge below a fetching finger crack.
P3. Climb the aforementioned finger crack then into an overhanging dihedral, and continue up to a pleasant belay ledge at 120 feet, 5.10.
P4. Move up about 10 feet to a ledge, and move right on it until a short 5.7 face allows access to the next higher ledge. Move left on this until below a groove.
P5. Follow the groove until it steepens and it is possible to step right onto a ledge where a belay can be set up, 5.9.
P6. Step right, and climb the steep, right-facing dihedral to the top of the wall, 5.10-.
P1. Climb up a shallow, left-facing dihedral, stepping left into a face crack after 40 feet or so. Follow this to easier ground, belaying before the large ledge, 5.10-.
P2. Continue to the ledge, cross it, and climb easy ground to a nice ledge below a fetching finger crack.
P3. Climb the aforementioned finger crack then into an overhanging dihedral, and continue up to a pleasant belay ledge at 120 feet, 5.10.
P4. Move up about 10 feet to a ledge, and move right on it until a short 5.7 face allows access to the next higher ledge. Move left on this until below a groove.
P5. Follow the groove until it steepens and it is possible to step right onto a ledge where a belay can be set up, 5.9.
P6. Step right, and climb the steep, right-facing dihedral to the top of the wall, 5.10-.
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