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The Outlier

Grade
19,4
Length
350m
Natural pro required
Quality
2.01
First ascent
Tawny Wagstaff, Michael Eatson. January 2016
Located on

Ascends the East Face of Outlier Peak on compact sandstone with excellent
protection. Six pitches plus scrambling. Crossing the bergschrund at the base
of route can be problematic.
Pitch:

  1. (19, 20m) Ascends prominent crack system immediately right of large roof.
    Climb overhanging corner to ledge. Make large traverse left underneath roof
    to pillar (micro-cams). Ascend open book corner to belay ledge (Camalot #4).
  2. (18, 50m) Up open book, right facing corner, through small roof and onto
    slab. Traverse slightly right and through the overlap. Continue up easing
    ground to belay.
  3. (12, 70m) Scramble easy ground, trending left to large ledge with snow.
  4. (17, 50m) Steep (hand to fist) crack through several bulges to good
    ledges.
  5. (10, 80m) Scramble easy terrain, trending left belay at base of prominent
    summit headwall.
  6. (14, 80m) Crack systems on left side of summit buttress, deteriorating
    rock quality.

Descent: Via the Cameron Buttress Route to the large saddle (1x 30m Rappel).
Downclimb (upto grade 10) slabs to the top of the 4th pitch. 1x 15m and 1x
30m rappel to the snow covered ledge.


  • P1
  • 19
  • Alpine (Technical) 4
  • 350m
  • Trad

Comments
Attribution
Michael Eatson
UUID
 
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