Deep Cut Guide

The Rising 5.12a/b

★ 2.5 · 19 Sport

FA: Vaino Kodas, Bob D'Antonio and Richard Aschert, 2002
Vaino Kodas · Bob D'Antonio · Richard Aschert

Am I at the right route?

Base placed (one source) ±10 m

One source gives this route its own point. Nobody has cross-checked it yet.

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  1. ← The Hourglass 5.8
  2. 27. The Rising
  3. Keystone 5.12b/c →

Position along the wall from the open catalogue (OpenBeta), not from a guidebook.

How did 5.12a/b feel?

Nobody has said yet.

Against the posted grade, which stays as its source states it. One answer per device; a later one replaces it.

Sun today
sun 07:30-14:00
Wall faces SE (USGS elevation). Shade from the surrounding terrain is counted.
Partly enclosed: the skyline averages 14° above horizontal.
Crags by sun and shade →
Rain & forecast
0 mm of rain in the last 48 hours.
11-11 60°/34° · 0.0 mm · 13 mph · pm storms 0% 11-12 57°/37° · 0.0 mm · 12 mph · pm storms 0% 11-13 57°/38° · 0.0 mm · 10 mph · pm storms 0%
Open-Meteo, fetched 2026-11-11 18:40 UTC

Conditions reported

Nothing reported recently.

Report what you see

Reports are dated and fade on their own: wet rock after 3 days, a bad bolt after a year. No names, no text.

Access & safety

Emergency: call 911. Read out your location: Works without signal. If GPS fails, this crag's approximate map point is 38.63036 N, 105.21714 W (The Rising, Spiney Ridge). That point can be off by hundreds of metres, so say so.

Access details for this crag haven't been checked yet.

Sources

OpenBetaOpenStreetMap

More beta: OpenBeta · Mountain Project · theCrag

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