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Peak Mountain 3

Chockline

FA Dave Cilley/Dean Cilley, October 25, 1969. FFA: Henry Barber/John Bragg, August 19, 1973.
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Description

If you've ever been walking towards Youth Challenge and wondered what that crack left of The Arete was, here you go. Chockline is another often overlooked hard 10 crack that seems to be generally overlooked by people heading towards the classic moderates. So if you’re trying to beat the crowds and don’t mind some spicy 10d groveling, this might be for you.Pitch 1 (5.9):This is a short pitch and you could probably link them, but would make communication and rope management harder. Climb the right hand of the 2 cracks. Pull over onto the ledge and belay from gear. Pitch 2 (5.10d):This is the crux pitch. Climb a wide crack off the ledge to where it terminates. Break straight up through a section of orange rock using a few tricky face holds into the wide crack above. Climb the steep and burly crack on #4 and #5 cams, progressing with groveling and stemming to the crack on the right (smaller and more finicky pro). Here the climbing degrades into a low angle gully. Top out and belay from trees.

Location

From the Upper Refuse start, look around the corner of the left arete for 2 side by side, slightly dirty cracks. 

Protection

Single rack to #6 with doubles in larger cam sizes.