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Peak Mountain 3

Tickfest

FA Ben Scott
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Description

Tickfest is a cool, little crimp line with some bitey incuts. Start matched on the low, juggy rail to the left. Move up into a right hand gaston, match, and get a high left foot on the starting rail. Make a long lock off to reach the first small crimp, a

nd figure out how to get to the slopey jug on top.

This is given V6 in the guide but is known to be hard for the grade.

Location

This is behind Peasants into Leaders and near Pink Fink. From The Ladder we walked north east and up slope along a faint trail through some overgrown willows. Tickfest is in a small alcove of boulders.

Per

Jon Frisby

: from Peasants into Leaders and Pink Fink, squeeze between the notch and hop along easy talus, trending left and ending up behind Peasants into Leaders (not sure if it’s the same block but definitely the same jumble as Peasants).

From Seurat, hike down the trail towards Pink Fink, and branch right on a faint path leading into the same talus as noted above. Stay close to the largest boulder pile (Peasants into Leaders) while moving counterclockwise through the talus.

Tickfest climbs the obvious crimp rails starting low and left on a clean 25 degree overhanging face but not all the way down on the chalked rail deep and left in the talus pit. The low start looks sweet and fairly consistent but appears to be quite dabby.

If there is a better description, feel free to change! I am not a local, and was just here for the day.

Protection

Two or three pads.


Routes in Bierstadt Area


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    Tickfest
    V7
    Bouldering · Alpine