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Top Rope Routes on "North"/"West" Face

Name: Top Rope Routes on "North"/"West" Face
Rating: 2.7

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in Elephant's Head

L › R R › L A › Z

	Cheek -see note, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Dumbo ( submitted as “Middle Variant”) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Dumbo's Diagonal T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Ear ( submitted as “left variant”), The T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Elephantiasis T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Eye, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Pachyderm T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Picea Tusk T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Top Rope Routes on "North"/"West" Face T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Trunk, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a

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Type:	Trad, 60 ft (18 m)
FA:	unknown
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Description

3 short routes, coupled with alternate starts and variants, on the "North Face" are usually top-roped from the bolts. (Although the furthest left crack may have been FA'd on a late 1960's AMC "upcountry" trip).

Rap from the bolts [see NOTE !] at the top of the North Face, 60 ft down to a ledge with a pine tree. By placing directional gear in cracks near the top, at least 3 or 4 routes can be safely top-roped, one of which (not sure exactly which one) seems to include some of the climbing on the "Left Variant". See Sketch-Topo PHOTO.

To get to the left most of the 3 climbs, and the 5.7 start to the middle (5.8) "crack" chimney/climb up 6-8ft to the "next level" on the ramp after the rap down.

NOTE: In 2019 a new bolt (SS 3/8) was installed in solid rock and the old bolt, which was in hollow-sounding rock removed. The anchor at the top of the “NW Face” now consists of this new 3/8 inch SS and the old 1/2 inch bolt.