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Peak Mountain 3

Crack of No Return

FA George Hurley and Dave Rearick, 1975
CREATED May 2023
UPDATED May 2023

Description

Crack of No Return is located on the Bookmark Pinnacle left of

Son of a Pitch

.

Start just left of

Son of a Pitch

and make a bouldery traverse left on great rock to reach the base of the Crack of No Return. I was lucky enough to do this with a nice, 2 foot deep, snow drift under the crux. Otherwise, a crash pad may be nice? After climbing a little ways into the actual crack, the climbing eases to steep 5.8 hands and a little wide stuff.

There is now also a direct start to this climb which eliminates the traverse and goes at 5.12ish?

Protection

The crux of this route is a unprotected traverse six feet off the ground. Those with weak ankles may want to bring a crash pad and/or a good spotter for the crux. Bring some small cams and some pro up to 4" for the crack above.


2000 km
1000 mi