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Peak Mountain 3

The Box

FA description Chip Salaun, late 1970s
CREATED May 2023
UPDATED May 2023

Description

This excellent summit pitch starts from Fang Ledge, just right of the the

George's Tree

belay. Lieback a thin, right-facing corner (5.8/9) right off of Fang Ledge, and head easily to a huge recess

i.e.

: The Box. Do the thin crack/dihedral that shoots out the left wall of The Box (5.9) to lower angle grooves. Decent climbing tends leftward where a belay can be made below the fine, left-facing corner that finishes

George's Tree

. One could reach the summit with 1 long pitch if rope drag was not a factor.

Added note: D. Snively,

et al.

did an undescribed variation to this pitch, a.k.a.: Swing State, which takes the very back, left corner of The Box, a vertical, strenous, right-facing corner that eventually blends back to the initial line, 5.10+.

Protection

A standard rack.


1000 km
500 mi