bighornmonkey - Aug 10, 2009 10:36 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
Shorter route than expected
The route is really 220 ft long (starting from a very wide platform (accessible via 3rd class scrambling). We did it it 1 1/3 pitch with a 60M rope and a party of three. It could have been done in a single pitch if the belayer scambled up class 4 terrain to the start of the crack.
To get down from the summit, we opted for the gully on the NORTHWEST side. 300ft down there is a rappel. Instead of rappelling, we stayed on the right side of the gully along an obvious leveled ramp that deadends at a wide/flat platform. We then climbed a short 30-40 ft of 4th (or low 5th) class UP. Traverse around the rock, and you are back at the base of the route.
Fun climbing.
bighornmonkey - Aug 10, 2009 10:36 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
Shorter route than expectedThe route is really 220 ft long (starting from a very wide platform (accessible via 3rd class scrambling). We did it it 1 1/3 pitch with a 60M rope and a party of three. It could have been done in a single pitch if the belayer scambled up class 4 terrain to the start of the crack.
To get down from the summit, we opted for the gully on the NORTHWEST side. 300ft down there is a rappel. Instead of rappelling, we stayed on the right side of the gully along an obvious leveled ramp that deadends at a wide/flat platform. We then climbed a short 30-40 ft of 4th (or low 5th) class UP. Traverse around the rock, and you are back at the base of the route.
Fun climbing.