Unknown (L side of SW face)  5.10

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Type:  Sport, 2 pitches, 260 feet Consensus:  5.10b/c [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Geir on Nov 7, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (6) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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A fair two-pitch bolted line that is worth doing if you are in the area.

Pitch 1 (5.10-, 150'): Climb up bolts along the arête. When the bolts leave the arête step right, plug in an optional cam, and make a 10-move on to a dike. Continue along bolts passing more dikes and a tree. Belay at a two bolt anchor.

Pitch 2 (5.10, 110'): Run it out from the anchor on easy ground to a series of bolts leading up 5.9-5.10 slab. You will arrive at a ledge with a diagonal crack protected by more bolts. Follow the crack up for three bolts, then step left on to harder slab (5.10) ending at a move around a blunt arête and some crumbly rock. Belay at a two bolt anchor. Contrived but with some decent slab moves.

Descent: Rappel the route.

A topo for this route can be downloaded from www.geir.com/muttonhead%20sw.pdf

Location 

Far left side of the Southwest face of Muttonhead. Starts at the arête just right of Seeing is Believing.

Protection 

Quickdraws, a few cams ranging from .4" to 2".

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Mark on the first pitch, above all the dikes.	Ouch, my fingers.	Second pitch is slabtastic!
Getting into the last little bit of hard slab, top...	BETA PHOTO: P1. Like the name "Lesbian Encounters" suggested, ...