Ascent Notes for: Midway, Upper Castle Rock - 5.5 Average Rating : 4.11/5

I led this with a mixed group Mountaineers. Good route to introduce concepts of Alpine climbing. Great variety of styles between face, crack, offwidth, semi-chimney, pockets, knobs, traversing, scrambling, exposure, both bolted and gear anchors, etc. We even got rain and wind to round out the experience. Did as 3 pitches for better communication on the upper face.

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Fun route with some exposure. Pretty cool to climb right above the road.

Catapult, Jello Tower Chimney, and Midway to the top. My first multipitch follow. Would be awesome without the road noise.

great rout but the chimney was a little tough with a back pack.

Swung leads with Ladybug. Very enjoyable route!

Only wished it was longer.

...with lots of variety.

Varied climbing with fantastic exposure the whole way up. We did the "original variation": from the step across move, go straight up about 30 feet until a horizonal crack allows you to traverse right into the 4th class chimmney.

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