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Classic routes Zion and Kolob?

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Bridget Tye · · San Diego, CA · Joined Sep 2018 · Points: 0

Spray me down please! I’ve searched for what feels like.... a while on the best routes to hop on when in Zion and Kolob canyon. Based on mp I’ve done Ashtars, the headache, dark tower, and the namaste walls routes they were all amazing. This weekend Im looking at led by sheep and made to be broken. Any other recomendaciones? 

justino · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2008 · Points: 319

Voices from the dust, smash mouth 

Mike · · Phoenix · Joined May 2006 · Points: 2,615

Shune's Buttress is great! At the Kung Fu Theater/Confluence I really enjoyed: Inner Chi, Enter The Dragon, Smashmouth, & Crimson King. Immaculate Conception was fun too. Hope that helps.

Karl Kvashay · · Phoenix, AZ · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 230

Iron Messiah is a good multi pitch intro to Zion. For cragging I’d recommend Cerberus Gendarme, it’s stacked with good pitches. Mean High Tide would be a step up from Iron Messiah but its great too, and I also second the suggestions from the others! Have Fun :)

alpinist 47 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2017 · Points: 0

Riddlers delight

Ron O · · middle of nowhere, southern… · Joined Apr 2018 · Points: 0

Still waiting to hear of the true second ascent of Iron Messiah (only 5.9 with a tension move!) nearly a third of a century after the FA.

Rickerl and Co. did not go far enough left. They also screwed up by penduluming from the bolt with a rap sling rather than a cam further right. Had they done so it would truly be found to be the easiest way up the face. I nearly freed it on the FA despite being self-belayed by a prototype device.

Anyway Bridget, have fun and be safe.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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