Holy Greyell
5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British
Avg: 4 from 4 votes
Type: | Trad, 1000 ft (303 m), 7 pitches, Grade IV |
FA: | Chris Greyell, 2009 |
Page Views: | 896 total · 21/month |
Shared By: | Jenny Abrahamson on Jul 18, 2021 · Updates |
Admins: | Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan |
Description
Clean route on beautiful sticky granite provides moderate crack climbing, tricky slab, and fun knobs. Plenty of bolts and bolted anchors w/ rap rings all the way up.
P1: Low angle zig zag crack, then 2 bolts moving up and right to a hand crack behind a flake. 5.8, 55m
P2: Up a short right-facing corner directly above the belay to a bolted face. Move up and left to a left facing corner, then up another bolted face. 5.8, 60m
P3: Traverse left from the belay, then continue straight up the face. Crux is pulling the initial thin moves after the traverse. Fully bolted! 10+, 30m
P4: Straight up a bolted knobby face to a flake. Opportunities for gear at the flake. 5.9, 35m
P5: Zig zag up, left, then back right along delicate flakes (murderous flakes? unfortunate lack of bolts here given tenuous pro opportunities) to an amazing traverse left on knobs. Continue up the knobby face to a right-facing corner. We set an intermediate belay at the base of the corner due to rope drag, full pitch continues up the (dirty-ish) corner to a good stance. 5.10, 60m
P6: Traverse down and right then climb a fun corner up to another traverse right on knobs. Then climb the amazing splitter finger/tips crack until it seams out to 3 final bolts and the anchor up and right. Amazing pitch. 10c, 60m.
Apparently an alternate option exists for P6 which moves left from the belay to a right-facing corner and then up an offwidth. Requires an additional #3, #4, #5. 5.9.
P7: "Standard scruffy Darrington adventure pitch" goes at 5.8 for 50m to the top of the wall. Didn't climb this one -- see Cascade Rock for full description.
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