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| Page Type: Route Location: Washington, United States, North America Route Type: Trad Climbing Season: Spring, Summer, Fall Time Required: Less than two hours Rock Difficulty: 5.7 (YDS) Difficulty: II 5.7+ Number of Pitches: 3 Grade: II
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| Page By: Martin Cash Created/Edited: Oct 18, 2006 / Oct 18, 2006 Object ID: 236284 Hits: 1040 Loading... Page Score: 73.63% - 3 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
OverviewThis fun fingercrack on the far right side of the great northern slab is tough to get to and short but still well worth doing.
Getting ThereApproach to the first cliff.
Route DescriptionPitch #1 - 5.2 - Start at the base of the Great Northern Slab route. Jamb cracks until about halfway up to the railroad bolts then head up and to your right and belay at the block below the thin dihedral above. 60 feet
Pitch #2 - 5.6 - Climb up the thin crack then start traversing to the right below the roof. Travese below the roof using the thin cracks for pro all the way over to the base of an obvious slab fingercrack on the right side of the formation. Establish a semi hanging belay here. 120 feet
Pitch #3 - 5.7+ - Jamb the sweet fingercrack for 40 feet then climb some easy slab to the base of the low angle tips crack above. Jamb this to reach the anchors by the tree at the top of the wall. 115 feet
Down - Rap the Great Northern Slab route with 3 single rope rappels.Essential Gear1 set of cams to a #2 camalot
1 set of nuts
60 meter ropeExternal LinksAdd External Links text here. Images
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