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Peak Mountain 3

Vertical Smile

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Description

Rossiter's description is accurate because it is so vague - finding Vertical Smile is not obvious. Head towards the start of the Lower Ramp, but before reaching it, bushwhack (or find a faint trail) to the SW and skirt around the Lower Ramp to a smaller ramp that runs alongside a large roof system. Here you'll see the fairly obvious line that is Wave Rave. From here, scramble up the ramp until you are only 10-20 feet from the end of it (you should see a tree you can rap off of to the west on the far side of Redgarden Wall). Look up past a 20' high rotten section for a thin crack that leads to a small tree - visible at the top of the route.

The climbing is fun, but the first 20' of rotten rock is really bad and not very protectable. I recommend climbing in from the left or right to avoid as much of it as possible. Once you're in the crack system, the climbing is decent.

I had hoped to climb this and

Quo Vadis

(which I could not find - any ideas?) this would be a good warmup pitch for

Ruper

as it deposits you at the top of the Lower Ramp.

Protection

Mostly thin - stoppers, small to medium cams.


Routes in Redgarden - Below Lower Ramp


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