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M5? hand crack 5.9+

★ 2.0 · 10 Trad R

R: Runout or unreliable protection on some section. A fall there could mean a serious injury. What do these mean?

FA: unknown

Am I at the right route?

Base placed (one source) ±30 m

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

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  1. Leftmost listed
  2. 1. M5? hand crack
    Loch Vale Gorge
  3. Rightmost listed

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

How did 5.9+ 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 10:20-15:00
Wall faces S (USGS elevation). Shade from the surrounding terrain is counted.
Deep terrain: the skyline averages 24° above horizontal, so the sun has to climb well clear of the rim before it reaches this wall.
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Rain & forecast
No recent weather for this crag.

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 40.29421 N, 105.65195 W (M5? hand crack, Glacier Gorge Trailhead Ice). That point can be off by hundreds of metres, so say so.

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

Sources

OpenBeta

More beta: OpenBeta · Mountain Project · theCrag

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