Type: | Trad, Alpine, 450 ft (136 m), 4 pitches, Grade II |
FA: | Nate Brown and Tyler Phillips |
Page Views: | 839 total · 7/month |
Shared By: | Nathan Brown on Sep 2, 2014 |
Admins: | Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
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Description
Route climbs the black streak on the buttress between the Cajun Couloir and the Haas (Hourglass) Couloir.
Tyler and I put this route up in one go and drilled everything on lead. We drilled 20 bolts and left about ten pins fixed on the leads. Of the 20 bolts, 8 were used for anchors. This route is worth repeating.
Pitch 1: first 35 meters are wildly loose and about 5.8. the last 15 meters were the route crux and seemed mid-5.10--bolts and good rock.
Pitch 2: a few fixed pins in the pitch crux protect the first fifteen feet. (a bolt might be a nice addition here). The rest of the 30 meter pitch is about 5.8 and a few bolts help protect the climbing.
Pitch 3: several pins and a few bolts protect the mostly 5.9 climbing.
Pitch 4: some fun slab climbing protected by bolts gets you below the giant boulder. Under and right of this huge obstacle gets you off the fifth class terrain.
Tyler and I put this route up in one go and drilled everything on lead. We drilled 20 bolts and left about ten pins fixed on the leads. Of the 20 bolts, 8 were used for anchors. This route is worth repeating.
Pitch 1: first 35 meters are wildly loose and about 5.8. the last 15 meters were the route crux and seemed mid-5.10--bolts and good rock.
Pitch 2: a few fixed pins in the pitch crux protect the first fifteen feet. (a bolt might be a nice addition here). The rest of the 30 meter pitch is about 5.8 and a few bolts help protect the climbing.
Pitch 3: several pins and a few bolts protect the mostly 5.9 climbing.
Pitch 4: some fun slab climbing protected by bolts gets you below the giant boulder. Under and right of this huge obstacle gets you off the fifth class terrain.
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