Regular Route

Page Type: Route

Location: Idaho, United States, North America

Lat/Lon: 44.95000°N / 115.951°W

Route Type: Technical Rock Climb

Time Required: Most of a day

Difficulty: II, 5.6

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Approach

Past Lake Fork Campground on Yellow Pine Road is a pull-out with a Slick Rock signpost. Park there. Cross the creek on a log jam below the pull-out, then take the 15 minute trudge up the hillside to the base of Slick Rock. The route begins almost directly below the summit & is quite obvious.

Route Description

Scramble to the first belay near a left-facing dihedral. From near the end of this open book, traverse right and friction upwards to a bolted belay in a shallow, sloping dish (look closely; the bolt blends in well). In 1993 there was 1 bolt only. As of 2004, research for this page implies that there is now more than 1 bolt).

From the belay bolt, the next pitch is 5.4. Keep heading up the triple cracks; it is nearly impossible to get off route. Run the rope out on every pitch. There are some 50-foot runouts on easy friction, but the steeper areas (5.6; as you approach the summit) offer good protection.

Rock & Ice #50 (July / August 1992) has a topo on page 112.

Essential Gear

A varied rack, with chocks & cams up to 4" will suffice. Many of the cracks are parallel, and cams are especially handy. The cracks vary from fingers / hands to chimneys. I found hexes simply did not work well at all. Take lots of runners.

Miscellaneous Info

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