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Highwayman (FFA of NE Face Route) 5.11

TradAlpine R

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

FA: Layton Kor, Bob Bradley, 1963. FFA: 2021 Maximilian Barlerin, Sebastien Barlerin, Zack Fisher
Layton Kor

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  1. ← Geronimo 5.12-
  2. 2. Highwayman (FFA of NE Face Route)
    Chiefshead Northeast Face
  3. Cowboys and Indians 5.11 →

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

How did 5.11 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 07:20-14:00
Wall faces SE (USGS elevation). Shade from the surrounding terrain is counted.
Deep terrain: the skyline averages 25° above horizontal, so the sun has to climb well clear of the rim before it reaches this wall.
Rain & forecast
0 mm of rain in the last 48 hours.
11-11 33°/20° · 0.0 mm · 30 mph · pm storms 0% 11-12 34°/20° · 0.0 mm · 13 mph · pm storms 0% 11-13 41°/18° · 0.0 mm · 16 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 40.24940 N, 105.64100 W (Highwayman (FFA of NE Face Route), Glacier Gorge). 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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