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Mescalito, East Face 19 routes in Cliff

  • Avg. Height: 420ft
  • Style: All Trad
  • Ascents: 9

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Description:

This is the face of Mescalito as viewed from the parking area and approach. It runs from the buttress on the left side that Cat in the Hat ascends the opposite side of, until it wraps to the front to the right edge of the formation to the cone of bushy and low-angled outcrops at the base of the north-east corner.

Routes described left-to-right (south-to-north).

Descent Notes:

Many of the initial routes (up to C11H17NO3) finish somewhere along Cat in the Hat, and are descended by rappelling this route.

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 The Wasp

Climbs a deep corner/crack that splits the lower portion of the south-east buttress, almost on the cusp of the south/east sides of the formation.

5.10
Trad 300ft
RouteGradeStylePopularity
2 Black Widow Hollow

Climbs the first deep corner along the east face of Mescalito.

5.9
Trad 370ft
3 Pauline's Pentacle

Climb the face up and left of The Cookie Monster to anchors. Two 70m-rope rappels.

5.10 R
Trad 230ft
4 The Cookie Monster

On the east face of Mescalito, looking at the south side, there are two obvious big corners. This one climbs the 2nd big corner in from the south (left) side.

This finishes about 30-40 ft above the tree belay of "Cat in the Hat", an easy 5.0 not-exposed down-climb allows one to rap from there (3 raps with a single 70m rope).

5.7
Trad 340ft
5 The Walker Spur
5.10
Trad 350ft
6 Pine Nuts
5.10a
Trad 240ft
7 *** When a Stranger Calls

FA: Randal Grandstaff, Steven Anderson,

5.8
Trad 350ft
8 C11H17NO3

Follows an obvious corner system up the east face of Mescalito. Finishes at the 5th anchor for Cat in the Hat, rappel that to descend.

Starts at two parallel cracks about 75' left of a huge left-facing corner.

(Mescaline.)

5.7
Trad 540ft
9 This Ain't No Disco
5.9
Trad 140ft
10 Welcome to Red Rocks
5.12
Trad 150ft
11 Welcome to Red Rocks Variation
5.11
Trad
12 Pauligk Pillar
5.7
Trad 270ft
13 * Y2K
5.10
Trad 510ft
14 The Next Century
5.10
Trad 200ft
15 Ride the Tiger
5.9
Trad 600ft
16 Bloodline
5.11
Trad 300ft
17 Deep Space
5.9
Trad 1200ft
18 Centerfold
5.10 III
Trad 1100ft
19 Flakes of Wrath
5.10+ X
Trad 450ft