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The Monolith in Archangel Valley

Description 

Sounds cool and big, not that impressive, but definitely the biggest crag.


Getting There 

Drive all-the-way down Archangel Rd. till you hit the gate. Walk from here down the road, that leads you right to the Monolith


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Monolith:
Orangutan Overhang   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
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Orangutan Overhang 5.9  AK : Anchorage & South Central A... : ... : The Monolith
5.9 climb the corner 15' to the cruxy roof, pull the small roof up to a fixed nut. Continue up the crack then move on slabish chicken heads up to ledge.Belay out of the crack at top of bushy ledge. Continue up the corner past a loose-looking chockstone but feels stable, slab out right up to another small roof, pull the roof to a very awkward/dirty chimney or out right in a crack, grass at top and finish on two bolts and one piton, rap the route with two double ropes....[more]   Browse More Classics in AK


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did this new route in 1985, in this same area. does it look familiar?

did this new route in 1985, in this same area. doe...