North Ridge, Phantom Spires, Upper Spire 5.6

  
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Lake Tahoe, California, USA

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4 star: 33%  (1)
3 star: 33%  (1)
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steele

Trad climber
CA
Jul 4, 2012 - 03:23am
 
Initial 5.6 with mostly stemming and medium cam's. Then do regular route middle spire 5.8 and firefly lower spire 5.5 for all 3 spires in a day. Fear of flying is sustained stemming and liebacking best 5.9 at spires.
JAZ

Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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    Jun 25, 2012 - 02:22pm
4 star rating as an intro to trad and the SLT area after my 10 year climbing hiatus. Crux is right off the ground, followed by class 4 and an easy but very exposed traverse along an arete. Can descend in a single rap using a 70m rope if you're fat enough to get some good stretch like me.
pell

climber
Moscow
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    Sep 14, 2011 - 07:51pm
An enjoyable "little alpine climb". It doesn't really feel like rock climb - a short and steep 5.6 section (protect it with some nuts and small cams) followed by 4th class scrambling (protect it with nuts and some slings).
Floyd Hayes

Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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    Sep 4, 2011 - 02:06pm
Mostly class 4 scrambling with a few technical sections at the start and near the top of pitch 1. Seemed a bit stiff for 5.6. The final ridge traverse is cool but no harder than class 4.
Phantom Spires, Upper Spire - North Ridge 5.6 - Lake Tahoe, California, USA. Click to Enlarge
Photo: Chris McNamara
 
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