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The Snake - 5.9 popular

Average Rating = 4.54/5 Average Rating : 4.54 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 6
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (33)
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Rock
6
gear to 3"
540
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.9
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 3.76/5
  Rock Quality 4.76/5
  Scenery 4.24/5
  Fun Factor 4.59/5

Description:

classic, quality climbing. THe bulk of the climb follows a shallow corner system with thin, technical laybacking. stays wet long after rain (especially the crux!) 6pitches, crux on pitch 5 - hand traverse around a corner to anchors.

Submitted by: scallywag on 2005-10-31
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Route ID: 61817

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Ratings
  Difficulty 5.9
  Safety Rating PG13
Onsight Onsight ascent by: calvinclimb on 2011-09-09 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars My favoriate at Apron

Stellar climb with good mix of different types of climbing.

Added: 2011-10-25

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: dzunit on 2011-09-20 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Excellent climbing

Lead 4 of the pitches, very fun and exciting traverses. 4th pitch is interesting.

Added: 2011-09-20

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.9
  Safety Rating PG13
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: TNJed on 2011-09-03 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Fun climbing.

Led 1-3-5th. Never Having climbed this before, it was exciting. The crux for me was the traverse at the top of the fourth pitch.

Added: 2011-09-03

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating PG13
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: nkane on 2011-08-04 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars great climb

little scary where it was wet on p3

Added: 2011-08-06

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.9
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Second Second ascent by: enigma on 2006-08-11 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars The Snake

Fun Easy Mellow

Added: 2011-03-22

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