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Elevation: 1,000 ft
GPS: 18.75, 99.22999
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Shared By: Tony B on Oct 26, 2009
Admins: Brian Boyd, Tao Techakanon

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This crag is really a part of the Crazy Horse Buttress, but due to it's different aspect and additional approach, it is well suited to list it separately. The North side will get earlier sun from the east in the Fall and Winter months than most of Crazy Horse, then go into the shade in afternoon, and the Inner Routes will stay shady through most of the day with the exception of 'Sandbag' which rests with its bottom half in the afternoon sun in that season. The seven pitches here are all French grade 6 (though you can guess which one is sandbagged), which is to say between 10b and 11d.

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Approach as for Crazy Horse, but climb up the rebar ladder into the huge archway/cave and arrive at the base of the left-most route, Sandbag (11d).

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Archway

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 20
Crazy Hot
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 22
Kee Dak
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 14
Gruntfest
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 31
The Tree Surgeon
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 11
Sandbag
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Crazy Hot
 20
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Kee Dak
 22
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Gruntfest
 14
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
The Tree Surgeon
 31
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Sandbag
 11
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
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