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Peak Mountain 3

Emergency Brake

FA Dan Hare and John Warren
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Description

Attention: CLOSURE - the Eldorado Canyon SP staff has placed a closure for a confirmed turkey vulture nesting as of 7/3/20.

This route is just to the right of

Rush Buick

. It starts below two bolts just to the right of that dihedral. Start with an awkward, but well-protected move to get going. I found the crux to be passing the second bolt. After that bolt began a rising traverse to the right underneath an overhang with gear in somewhat crunchy rock. After traversing for a bit (it's fairly obvious when to stop traversing), head straight up to the anchor atop

Nobody's Home

and belay there. There's a bit of a runout at the end, but the climbing is relatively easy.

Descend by making a 100 foot rappel from the anchor.

Overall, I found the pitch to a be little heads-up so it might not be a great one to test your limits.

Location

This route is located a few feet to the right of

Rush Buick

. Get yourself to that route and look for two bolts just right of

Rush Buick's

dihedral; that's the start of the route.

Protection

A standard rack will do.


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