Crack of the Lake – 5.11b (trad)

Description:

Listed in the Banff Rock book as the abandoned handcrack project to the right of Nautilus. Name is just a placeholder until further information - given the location, visibility, and quality, it would be unlikely to not have seen a free ascent until 2022.

Tricky face climbing off the deck to a couple of roof pulls, and then fingers-to-fists crack climbing. Wall is actually a little slabby.

Three nice stainless belay stations are installed along the route. A single modern bolt protects the opening moves and a number of old pitons are still intact. Can be climbed in a single 70m pitch, which is probably ideal because stopping to belay at the first station will be uncomfortable and your rope will run around a sharp edge.

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Recent Sendage:

  • 5.11b
    2022-07-27
    Hiked the bolt kit all the way out there only to find someone had beat me to the anchor installation! Assuming they also did the FA, but if not then that would be cool. Major thanks to Mark for the 1.5 hour belay and weeknight adventure.