Type: | Trad, 180 ft (55 m) |
FA: | Anna Brown & Alex Fisher 9/2023 |
Page Views: | 243 total · 15/month |
Shared By: | Anna Brown on Sep 26, 2023 |
Admins: | Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
Description
This route follows a chossy corner system immediately right of Lost Ledge and skirts left of two roofs. A full view of the route from the ground is obscured by several trees. The rock quality is mediocre but improves slightly beginning after the first roof.
Absolutely tread lightly on this route, it’s really only for choss lovers and not for the faint of heart. Don’t pass up protection and extend slings to eliminate rope drag.
This route is long at roughly 170 feet.
From the ground, climb up and left on loose rock headed towards the older dwarfed tree. Enter the corner above the tree and pass the first roof on the left side. I used a double sling on the piece below this roof. Moving up through the short off-width at this roof was my crux (5.7+) at a height of 5'5". My taller 6' partner was able to climb this section with ease. A #4 BD fit perfectly in the wide crack.
Follow the corner system up to the second roof, then traverse left roughly 15 feet and continued up to the summit from there. One might be able to climb straight out of the left side of the roof to the top.
Gear anchor on a ledge just below the summit. It's a quick scramble to the summit to the rappel anchor.
I climbed this as one long pitch and had rope drag for the last 20 feet. I didn’t find a great intermediate gear anchor, so it’s best to extend slings generously below both roofs to diminish rope drag.
DESCENT: Rappel off the summit block slung with webbing/cord to the saddle at the SE end of the formation with a 60m rope. Inspect cord/webbing and be prepared to leave new anchor material.
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