Type: | Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, Grade IV |
FA: | Briggs Brothers, 1985 |
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Access Issue: Closures
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Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
Description
Class 4 traverse up and left from below D7 to new bolts on Ariana 1st pitch.
1) (11a) face to (10b) LF corner, diagonal left (avoids 40+' of hummocks and dirt in right side of the Mitten) to large LF corner/Pervertical belay, 130'.
2 )Up LF corner, step right around to RF corner and to top of Mitten 70' (9).
3) Over slot, stem up shaft/LF corner system, traverse left past old bolt/fixed Friend to belay out right 180' (9+).
4) Crux pitch...up finger crack, move left past shakey flakes, up sustained shallow RF corner/crack, inferior belay out right on sloping ledge, 120'.
5) Step left, back into RF corner, pump it to the top of the pillar and huge ledge 140' (11b/c).
6) Straight up inset, pass fixed pin, end on Table Ledge 150' (9).
Walk right to raps, or top out via Kiener's. "An Excellent Outing".
1) (11a) face to (10b) LF corner, diagonal left (avoids 40+' of hummocks and dirt in right side of the Mitten) to large LF corner/Pervertical belay, 130'.
2 )Up LF corner, step right around to RF corner and to top of Mitten 70' (9).
3) Over slot, stem up shaft/LF corner system, traverse left past old bolt/fixed Friend to belay out right 180' (9+).
4) Crux pitch...up finger crack, move left past shakey flakes, up sustained shallow RF corner/crack, inferior belay out right on sloping ledge, 120'.
5) Step left, back into RF corner, pump it to the top of the pillar and huge ledge 140' (11b/c).
6) Straight up inset, pass fixed pin, end on Table Ledge 150' (9).
Walk right to raps, or top out via Kiener's. "An Excellent Outing".
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