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Ghoster coaster

Name: Ghoster coaster
Rating: 2.8

WI3+

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Type:	Trad, Ice, 440 ft (133 m), 3 pitches
FA:	Brandon Pullan, Michelle Spakowski, Noel Gingrich. March 19/06
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Shared By:	Andrew P on Feb 19, 2018 · Updates
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Description

P1: Climb a step to another step and belay in Huge cave WI 3 60m

P2: Up large wall WI 3+ to another small step and ice ends at large block (55m)

P3: Walk up and climb one last 20m step of 2+.

Decent: rap off tree ring from P3, then double bolted belay station on P2 and P1. P1 DBB might be too high up to reach, so you might need to make a V-thread. There was also an anchor looped around a rock, but it shouldn't be trusted for rappel.

Park at Lady Mac trailhead. Walk through the canyon since the construction is now finished. There is a Y junction and you'll turn left from there. Will attach picture of what the junction looks like. We followed the Ghoster Coaster hiking trail on AllTrails and it took us to the right spot. It was a long hike. 2.5 hours, 5.93 km and 367m Elevation gain to reach to the base of P1.

P2 is the only full-length pitch of climbing. We used two 60m ropes for the rappels.

Location

Approach takes about 1.5-2 hrs. Start from Cougar Creek parking area, walk up to a Y junction (45-60 mins walking), take a left at the junction and continue up the creek until the hoodoos on the left side (high on the bank), which took an additional 15 minutes. From there, walk up a drainage on the left side of the creek bed until you hit ice (another 20 mins).