Ascent Notes for: Riders of the Purple Sage - 5.7 Average Rating : 2.75/5

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fun, agree with other comments there's some big stuff that can break. Used 65M rope worked out about perfect. Croft book has this as 5.8

can do fine with 60, just don't be dumb. Felt like those flakes were gonna peel.

Still has a fair amount of choss and pebbles to send to the belayer, but not too bad. If I remember there's also a sizable flake to be careful of not pulling off. A 60m rope can be stretched to easily do the job, but knot the end and step up a couple feet to tie/clip in. I agree with the other posts that the bolts push you left a little more than is natural, but not too bad.

Agree with the 5.7 rating (rather than 5.6 in the topo in Lone Pine) Route quite unpleasantly loose.

IDK why I feel safer running it out up the crack. I guess I don't like the way the real route goes where you kinda have to go left after the 4th bolt. The flakes just look so, umm, flaky. This route needs to be climbed more!

I got off route! HA! After clipping into the 4th bolt, I just went for a run out up the crack to climbers right. For some reason, it just makes more sense to me and seems more fun. So, my variation only utilizes the 1st 4 bolts.

I also used a 60 m rope both times, so had to be careful when rope ran out. Just downclimbed about 12 feet into a small crack to climbers left. No biggie.