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alxj
Trad climber
Calgary, AB
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Brewer's Buttress 13 pitch 5.6, Banff National Park, Alberta
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alxj
Trad climber
Calgary, AB
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+1 to the earlier post of Cathedral Spire
And although Tenaya Peak is 5.5 you can find some 5.6
And on my list for next time to Tuolumne Mount Conness West Ridge: III, 5.6
Along with these http://www.climbing.com/route/moderate-marvels/
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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alxj: that 10 pitch route in the Kananaskis (Joy?) looks incredible, nice views too! You Canucks, the spectacular is just old hat to you.
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ruppell
climber
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Madam G's. It makes High E feel like a one move wonder. And just about any ridge in the Sierras will get you some 5.6 moves. Especially the "4th" class ones. lol
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Wow what a lot of beautiful routes! I want to do them all!
Two of my favorites that can be done as one are the west ridge of North Peak to the north ridge of Mt Conness
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Cancer Boy
Trad climber
Freedonia
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Hi E is the best 5.6 on the planet. And I'm from CA. All climbers should make this pilgrimage. You will want a rope, if you were wondering.
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Sanskara
climber
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Idk
I only started rock climbing two seasons ago and I spend winters climbing ice so I have yet to get around much.
All my local New England buddies rave about High E and how people come from all over the world to climb it "that part I believe" and that it's the best 5.6 anywhere.
Been up it a few times now and yes it's a fog rest route. I dint know though the route a post or two above this kinda looks waaaaay better to me but what do I know?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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worldclass? I always have fun on 5.6, here are some that are show up in my log:
After Six Yosemite Valley
Arrowhead Spire Yosemite Valley
Baby Shawangunks
Bloody Mary Shawangunks
C.S. Concerto Yosemite Valley
Cat in the Hat Red Rocks
Church Bowl Chimney Yosemite Valley
Clip Junior Owens River Gorge
Composure Lake Tahoe
Composure Corner Lake Tahoe
Credibility Gap Shawangunks
Disneyland Shawangunks
Don't Shoot Shawangunks
Durrance Ridge, Symmetry Spire Tetons
E. Ridge, Mt. Owens Tetons
E.Face cracks, Pingora Wind River Range
E.Ridge, Wolf's Head Wind River Range
El Cap Tree Yosemite Valley
Errett Out /Bit by Bit? Tuolumne Meadows
Eunuch Tuolumne Meadows
Fecophilia Yosemite Valley
Great White Book Tuolumne Meadows
Heavy Spider Karma Red Rocks
Hermaphrodite Flake Tuolumne Meadows
High Exposure Shawangunks
Holdless Horror Tuolumne Meadows
Honeymoon's Over var Tuolumne Meadows
Hot Crossed Buns Tuolumne Meadows
Insidious Crack Lake Tahoe
Ken's Blind Hole Shawangunks
Lion's Way Bugaboos
Madame Grunnebaum's Wulst Shawangunks
Maria Shawangunks
Matthes Crest, South to North Tuolumne Meadows
Munginella Yosemite Valley
N.Face Pohono Pinnacle Yosemite Valley
Nodal Line Pinnacles
Northwest Books Tuolumne Meadows
Positively 4th Street Shawangunks
Raubinheimer Special Shawangunks
S.Buttress, Pingora Wind River Range
S.E. Buttress of Cathedral Spire Tuolumne Meadows
Scandalous Summer Tuolumne Meadows
Shockley's Ceiling Shawangunks
Smoke's Rock Course Bishop
Solar Slab Red Rocks
Southeast Buttress, Cathedral Pk. Tuolumne Meadows
Starlight Buttress, N. Palisades Sierra Nevada
Swallow Crack Pinnacles
The Bay Tree Yosemite Valley
The Brat Shawangunks
The Grack, Center Yosemite Valley
The Hex Files Red Rocks
Thin Air Cathedral Ledge
Tree Route Needles
W. Ridge Mt. Conness Tuolumne Meadows
West Crack Joshua Tree
Wrist Shawangunks
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Ed,
What's up with Lions way @ the bugs? What peak is it on?
I've not heard of it, thx.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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When I did the Death-slab approach to RNWFHD in 1980 or so with Daryl Hatten, we were hung-over and stoned and managed to get lost several times and had to use a rope once, but I always thought that experience was equal to a worldclass 5.6.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Shockley's at the Gunks was only ok, IMHO. Perhaps you have to do a nude ascent to fully appreciate it. I assume that Ed did so.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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I wonder how many bolts are on all of the routes listed?
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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I can't get over how cool The Joy looks! Wow! 5.6 10 pitch, Mt Indefatigable, Kananaskis, Alberta
I hope I get there someday.
Another good one Mt Laurel
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avid
Trad climber
Colorado Springs
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East Buttress - Mt. Whitney
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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My worldly experience is limited, but Grack Center is one of the first I thought of... Super fun. I don't do a lot of 5.6, but I think I'll get into it more now!
Actually, I would rank the Conness routes and Tenaya peak above it, but that is apples to oranges man. They are all must-do climbs if you have a few days in Yosemite and not just focused on pushing grades.
So many good looking destinations in this thread!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Even with retrobolts, I think the Hand is about as serious as 5.6 can get.
Did the Durrance back in the mid-1970s when you had to check in with the rangers and show them your equipment before doing the climb. We didn't have much wide gear with us and my partner at the time, Kent Barber, tried unsuccessfully to wedge his helmet in the wide crack on p3 to tie off for some badly needed pro. Eventually he gave up and ran it out. There was a sign on top saying "No Climbing Beyond This Point"
Cosmic Wall on Mt Hubris at Castle Crags
West Ridge Mt Conness
Start of the Nordkante, Piz Badile
Snake Dike
Headstone, Joshua Tree one of my favorite 5.6s
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dfinnecy
Social climber
'stralia
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The Joy 5.6 10 pitch, Mt Indefatigable, Kananaskis, Alberta
Just one more "Wow!" for The Joy. The best part must be the skateboard descent.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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When I made my initial post on this thread, I wasn't thinking about "klettergarten" type climbs, but since many others have posted even one pitch climbs, here are few more which I've enjoyed:
Grack, Center; Yosemite.
Edward's Crack, Center; Vedauwoo. (actually a 5.7)
Munginella, Yosemite.
But probably the BEST 5.6 climb I've ever done was Via della Guide; Kleiner Falzaregoturm, Dolomites, Italy. It's 9 pitches long with a wonderful summit attained, followed by an arduous descent.
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