Begehungen in Daff Dome

Fantastic slab climbing on some sized edges!

Howling wind sure makes this climb feel extreme. We chose to back off after the first pitch rather then continue.

Fun climb w Erik

was scared of the roof traverse but eventually got it clean. but despite my best efforts, rope drag got so bad that I could neither move up nor be lowered mid-dihedral, and had to backclean to the roof

Fun, I never expected to be left hip in in the offwidth, but it worked.

Very nice route. The start is the clear face climbing crux and can be hard if you‘re not warmed up or used to the rock. Bolted anchor on P1, with rap rings. After that, you need to build your own anchors. The jam crux, for me, was P3, a thin seam with finger jams and narrow toe jams, without too many opportunities to relax your feet on the face outside of the crack. Last pitch is runout to the top, no pro to be had.

Descent: Rap twice (with 60 m rope) on the backside of the dome. With 70 m you might be good woth a single rap, but you won‘t see in advance if your ropes touch the ground. The rap station is right next to a significant tree. The rap bolts should be replaced, very rusty. On solid ground, go right to descend to your car, or left to get back to the base — caution, you‘ll have to scramble down some low angle slab, but easy in the dry, even in sneakers.

Crimp with your toes to stick the footers

You can continue for a 60m pitch. Getting off is tricky. We went right to the tree then down lead climbed to the bolted anchor.

My best multipitch of the trip. We managed it in 4 pitches though it officially goes at 6 (resulted in a few tricky anchors)

First pitch is the supposed crux pitch with its 5.9 face moves right off the ground. Protected by a bomber bolt, most will find this easy.

I found the 5.7/5.8 sustained finger crack far more challenging. Especially since it is nearly a whole rope length.

Do bring some larger 4"-5" pro to tame the offwidth and allow easy anchor building following the finger crack.

Only TR'd the first pitch which goes at 5.9 R- slab after 5.7 fingers.

Beautiful!