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Route |
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38.99090°N / 77.2486°W |
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Trad Climbing, Toprope, Scrambling |
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
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5.1 (YDS) |
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Adjacent to the Seclusion Face, which has four routes (5.4, 5.7, 5.8, and 5.10-- the 5.4 is a nice lead, by the way), this route is at the upstream end of the Seclusion crag.
It's only about 50' and is 5.2 at the very hardest, and it is actually all Class 3 and 4 until the final 10', but it is decent for a few reasons:
Beginners
Kids
Learning and practicing trad
My main purpose in posting this, though, is to point out the trad potential since there is not a lot of it at Great Falls.
It's not a great trad route, or even a good one, mind you. Really, it's downright weak. I only placed two pieces up at the very top, and those were just for practice. But still, it's there.
The start of the route is just a Class 3 scramble and then turns to Class 4. Sometimes leaves fill this gully, and sometimes it is bare, but it is going to be slippery nonetheless because the rock here has been polished by the river for millions of years.