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Peak Mountain 3

A's Jax

FA Pat Ament & Steve Komito 1964
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Description

P1. This adventure route starts on one of the ramps next to the

Bitty Buttress

route. We chose the v-shaped one. A full pitch (165') of scraggy climbing brings you to a big ledge. The hardest part was a short, steep, finger crack with some loosish blocks at its top. Try not to throw anything on your belayer. In fact, be careful the whole pitch, there were some loosies indeed.

Eds. Note this 1st pitch may be part of South. The original pitch may have been one dihedral left, which was described by

Patrik

as "start with a large, right-facing corner just left of a partially boled route about 30 feet up and left of

Bitty Buttress

. Pass a ledge, and go up a wide-ish crack (optional #6 Camalot). Pass some loose blocks (carefully!) to a second ledge to belay.

P2. Next scramble left and up, belaying under and on the left of the two prominent roofs.

P3. The third pitch is the nice one, a right-facing dihedral that is steep and fun. This felt to me like a 1964 5.8. Similar difficulty as

Bitty Buttress

and tops out just to the climber's left of that route. Would be better if first pitch wasnt so scraggy, but is fun.

Protection

Single set of nuts and cams to #3 Camalot. Aliens work well.