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Peak Mountain 3

Slash

FA NB (rope-solo)
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Description

This line is very reminiscent of the popular South St. Vrain (SSV) route,

Gravity's Rainbow

on the Sweat Loaf, but the rock is more coarse (tape up!), and the pitch is probably a little longer and harder. A little bit of work produced a fairly nice pitch out of this apparently neglected part of the crag. It could probably use more cleaning, but the meat of the route is in good shape.

Climb the obvious, left-leaning crack to its end on everything from fingers to armbars. The meat of it is hand-sized. At the end of the crack, continue up a short face past one bolt and a funky horizontal cam (a Gunks-style tied off Friend would be perfect) to an anchor on top.

Location

In the descent gully on the left side of the formation, look for the obvious diagonal crack on the north-facing wall.

Protection

Doubles from fingers to fists, and a medium-large stoppers. One can use a #3 or #0.75 Camalot in the horizontal at the end (a tied off Friend would likely be perfect here). There is an optional #6 placement near the bottom if you can't reach deep enough into the crack to get a finger-size piece.