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Peak Mountain 3

Xanadu

FA Brad Gilbert, Jim Michael, Dan Hare, 1974
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Description

A thin, one pitch corner which felt harder to me than other 5.10a pitches in the area because it is more sustained. Hike up the West Ridge trail to a point where it levels out, just past a prominent gully (and shortly before the routes Purple Haze and

Chockstone

). Identify 2 thin, opposing corners which start 40 ft. or so above the ground, lean to the right, and contain a couple of small trees. Xanadu takes the right of these two corners (the left facing one); moving into the left corner in the vicinity of a small tree is a similarly graded variation. Wander up nondescript, slightly runout rock and about 5.8 to gain the dihedral, and climb the beautiful thin crack in the back to a broken ledge and a 2-bolt anchor. You can rappel with a 60 meter rope to the right (uphill of the rope), but watch the ends. With a 70 you can rappel or lower more comfortably although there still won't be much rope to spare, if any.

2019 edit: most of the chalk these days seems to be in the left corner up high.

Protection

Standard rack to a #2 camalot with an emphasis on small cams and nuts; 2 ea. .75 & 1 camalots are helpful (though not essential) in the first 2/3 of the route in the larger pods, however.


Routes in West Ridge - part D - Xanadu to Pony Express


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    Xanadu
    5.10a
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