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Cerberus Gendarme

Submitted By: Mike Morley on Jul 2, 2002
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Description 

The Cerberus Gendarme formation is on the east side of Zion Canyon - no need to cross the river!

The main attraction is the 8-pitch Touchstone Wall (IV 5.9 C2), a relatively short, but slightly harder wall in comparison to Moonlight Buttress. The route is a good choice for a first big wall venture, as the route goes straight up and retreat, if necessary, is straightforward (as opposed to Spaceshot past pitch 4).


Getting There 

Take the shuttle to the Big Bend stop (as for Prodigal Sun, Moonlight Buttress). The Cerberus Gendarme lies directly across the river from Moonlight Buttress. From the shuttle stop, backtrack the road for a couple hundred yards to the climbers' access trail. Look for the posted trail markers and please use them as to prevent unnecessary erosion! Approach time: 5 minutes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cerberus Gendarme:
Cave Route   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Touchstone Wall   5.9 C2     Trad, Aid, 8 pitches, 820 feet, Grade V   
Squeeze Play   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Cherry Crack   5.10c     Trad, 2 pitches, 140 feet   
The Fat Hedral   5.10c/d     Trad, 1 pitch, 85 feet   
Scarlet Begonias   5.11a     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Fails of Power   5.11c     Trad, 2 pitches, 80 feet   
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Marc after the bolt ladder on the 1st pitch.

Touchstone Wall 5.9 C2  UT : Zion National Park : Cerberus Gendarme
HypeTouchstone is an excellent adventure and one of the greatest big walls of all time. Angel's Landing looms across the canyon and makes a scenic back drop. What the route lacks in height it makes up for in wonderful aid and free climbing. Bivy ledges atop pitch 5 and on the summit make this an excellent first wall since no portaledge is necessary. Don't forget that a bivy permit is required for all overnight routes! This route ...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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By Will Cobb
From: Flagstaff, AZ
May 25, 2005

My partner and I climbed a couple of the base routes on Cerberus a few days ago. We felt that they were of very high quality. We climbed Cherry Crack to the first anchor and Fails of Power to it's first anchor. Both routes were great and the other lines in this area look awesome too. If you have a little extra time in the park I would highly suggest getting on some of these lines.

By seamstress
Jun 9, 2009

There is an access trail that is only 50 paces, not several hundred yards from the shuttle stop. The access sign is not visible from the road, but a short way in. The use trail splits there. Go left for Cave Route and No Holds Barred. Further down the road (a few hundred yards), there is an access sign at the road. There is a maze of use trails there and much erosion. For these routes, it is probably better to use the first trail and go right at the split.