Type: Trad, Alpine, 1700 ft (515 m), 8 pitches, Grade IV
FA: (Possible First Ascent?) Wesley Ashwood, Nic Harnish, Kealsea Sheely, August 2011
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Shared By: Nic Harnish on Aug 12, 2011
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC

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This is a wonderful, sustained route with mostly quality rock on the NE Face of The Guardian in the Weminuche Wilderness. It has 8 pitches of corners and cracks with occasional broken sections and about 500-600 feet of simul-climbing on the final ridge section.

Descend off the South aspect of the mountain. Depending on where you camp, this can make for a long day (for us it was a 19 hour round trip camp-to-camp).

Location Suggest change

This is on the eastern-most mountain in the East Grenadiers. Read the area page for The Guardian for details on how to get there.

Protection Suggest change

There is no fixed gear on this mostly well-protected route. Some belays are marginal. Bring a double set of cams from 0.5 to 3.5 and a set of nuts and an extra set of TCUs.

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