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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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38.78470°N / 120.2208°W |
Route Type:
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Technical Rock Climb |
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Time Required:
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Less than two hours |
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Difficulty:
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5.9 (YDS) |
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Number of Pitches:
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1 |
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Approach
Follow approach trail from parking area - 15-20 minutes - to the east side of Upper Spire.Route Description
Start on 5.9 lieback crack to 5.9 finger crack, up into a left-facing dihedral. In this part I had to smear, stem, lieback and / or chimney (well, lean into the right face) - pretty strenuous and since I only followed it with a couple of takes it probably wasn't the best I've ever done :)After 150' climbing eases to 5.8. 40' of that leads to a spacious ledge with chains / bolts. Rap off west side to descend.
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Essential Gear
SuperTopo recommends cams in the 0.6-2" range (2 each)External Links
Route page on Mountainproject.comRoute page on Rockclimbing.com