We're giving this page a facelift!
Visit the previous versionto make edits.
Peak Mountain 3

The Back Road

FA Jim Langdon Pete Sandstedt March 1968
CREATED 
UPDATED 

Description

The Back Road has been dirty and obscure for 20 years or more. It appears to start as an obvious wide crack or chimney that seeps. This short section is followed by a s ledge traverses left, then back right, leading into cracks and the base of an overhang. The overhang us tackled through a right facing corner.  Climbing the over hang leaves one with a moderate mossy gully to the top.

Location

Previous guides describe this as hard to find. The original Beckey guide describes it as "300 feet south of Lamplighter"

If you walk 300 feet south of Lamplighter you WILL walk off a cliff.

Instead, stay near the base of the wall and hike west. The start of The Back Road is a very obvious fissure left of Jungle Fun.

Although its base may be to the right of Tempituous and Beat Box, it trends left (however one does it, the actual way is unclear) to be just right (or to merge) with DGS. (Tempituous and Beat Box start to the right of this route.)

Protection

Rumor is gear to 2. Obviously needs cleaning at the moment