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Cat in the Hat - 5.6 popular
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Description:
One of the best 5.6 multipitch routes in Red Rocks and one of the most popular as well. Start at a left leaning crack system on the west side of the south-east buttress of the formation. Pitch 1: Head up the crack system, generally trending left. Pass up a rap station and head for the ledges above. At the second ledge, head right 20' to a nice three bolt belay. 5.5, 150' Pitch 2: Head to the climbers right and then make one step up onto the ledge above you and walk straight east toward a dead tree with a gully/crack system above it. 5.0, 100' Pitch 3: Make some weird moves just right of a corner with a tree in it to gain a small ledge, then step left and head up the crack system. Belay at a tree with rap slings on it. 5.5, 50' Pitch 4: The first good pitch. Turn to the climbers left to a striking black wall with a crack system leading up to a small roof. Head up the crack on the right to just below the roof, then step left and head up easy terrain to a huge chockstone slung with slings. 5.6, 120' (Variation: Head straight up instead of stepping left. Pro is interesting and the climbing is a little tougher. 5.7, 110') Pitch 5: Step down on the east side of the ledge and head north along easy terrain around the corner and then downclimb to a nice ledge and belay. 5.2, 50' Pitch 6: Head up the amazing looking crack above you, stepping right after the bolt to the bolted belay above. 5.6, 140'. From here, two choices present themselves. The first is to rappel the route by rapping down the south side of the face you just climbed back to the block with the slings. From there, rappel the route with two ropes. Alternatively, you can continue up for several hundred feet of 4th class terrain to the base of a large chimney in the red rock. Ascend this chimney (5.7/5.8) to the summit of Mescalito. From here, head back to the saddle, then drop into the north fork of the canyon (stay high!) and walk back to the car from there. Allow for three to four hours for this descent.
Submitted by: vegastradguy on 2005-11-07
Views: 1110
Route ID: 9916
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Second ascent by:
Great Multipitch
Started climbing 8:20 am, back to base of climb about 6 pm. Got off route on second pitch which was to lead to a tree with slings at bottom of gully, rope got caught after rappelling from top, Mike ascended with Prusik to free the rope. Need to eb careful thsi route eats up rope.
Added: 2009-10-23
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Onsight ascent by:
Super Classic and Super Fun!
Scariest 5.3 traverses out there! It is more exposed than the guide book lets on.
Added: 2009-10-17
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| Difficulty | 5.8 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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ehhhh
Great weather! Alright climb. I think pitches are under rated and the hype is over rated. After the bolt on the last pitch you'll get a thrill with a bit of a runout. Decided to summit but after an 1 1/2 hr scramble (probably the wrong way) through brush and trees we finally got to the base of the chimney. We were out of water, out of sun light and out of energy so we decended the route on 2 ropes. All in all a decent climb, I probably wouldn't come back though.
Added: 2009-10-11
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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1st time at Red Rocks
Found a pocket of good weather. Very enjoyable. Liked the 1st pick and the vertical brown pitch (our 3rd pitch). Climbed w/ KC and rapped at the ledge where the 10+ sport arete began.
Added: 2009-04-15
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Great 5.6 multi pitch route
We did this route during Red Rock Rendezvous and nobody was on the route all day long!!! Probably everybody thought it will be busy with newbies. Great rock, views. Highly recommending for easy multi pitch route. All belays are at nice ledges.
Added: 2009-04-01
