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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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44.36780°N / 121.1455°W |
Route Type:
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Aid Climbing |
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Time Required:
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Most of a day |
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Rock Difficulty:
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5.7 (YDS) |
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Difficulty:
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C2 |
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Number of Pitches:
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4 |
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Grade:
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II |
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Overview
One of the longest most sustained clean aid lines in the park. The line Starts on the West Face and moves over to the North Face to avoid the upper bolt ladder pitches to keep the line more natural.Getting There
Follow directions to Monkey Face. The route starts on the first pitch of the West Face. At a 5 bolt ladder at the very western tip of Monkey Face.Route Description
P1: Follow the first pitch of the West Face route. Starts at 5 bolt ladder. C1+ or 5.12B AOP2: From the belay on the small ledge follow bolts straight up and turn the arete. Bolts on the right lead up the West Face. After about 5 or 6 bolt moves begin to aid the crack of the North Face. Belay at two bolt sling belay. C2
P3: Follow the crack past one bolt to another bolt. From the last bolt begin to hook or free climb right and up into the mouth. C2 5.7
P4: Follow 5 bolts out the the mouth mantle to ledge, aid off one more bolt then free to the top. C1 5.4
Essential Gear
Clean aid rack to 2"Hooks: doubles of grappling and cliffhanger