Type: Ice, 3 pitches, Grade III
FA: Bryan Becker, peter cole,Tad Pheffer December 25, 1976
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Shared By: Kevin Fox on Feb 28, 2011 · Updates
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Great route! You generally start left of the buttress going up often thin ice on a rock slab, but it's also possible to head straight up a smear on the buttress (or un-protected rock with slung shrubs).

The route is deceiving in that you can't see the top. with 60 meters it can be done in 2 pitches. When you get to the top look for trees slung to rap off of. This route is rarely in WI4+ shape. Rockfall up high in the past 15 years has left it less steep in the middle of the flow. The first pitch is easier, maybe 3+ and can make a great outing by itself.  On P2, usually a WI4 line can be found.

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This route sits a couple routes left of Glass Menagerie.
It's seperated from Twenty Below Gully by a rock buttress.

Protection Suggest change

Lots of screws (14) with a few short ones for the first pitch & screamers.

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