Ripcord
5.12a PG13 trad · 4 pitches · 600 ft · ★☆☆☆
Route 15 of 46 from left to right on Brass Wall, with Brass Balls on its left and Chocolate Covered Bacon on its right. Brass Wall has 46 routes, from 5.4 to 5.12a PG13; this is the hardest.
First ascent: Jay Smith and Nick Nordblom, 1989
Description
Ripcord is a four-pitch adventure climb up the left side of the Brass Wall. The route connects two prominent features (the arête of the first pitch and the corner of the last pitch) with two pitches of difficult, spicy face climbing up less-than-perfect rock.
Protection
Single set to #2 Camalot, plenty of draws, two ropes.
Access
Timed-entry reservation required to enter the Scenic Drive October to May.
Wet rock: Aztec sandstone is fragile when wet. Do not climb for at least 24 to 48 hours after rain or snowmelt.
More routes on Brass Wall
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- Birdlaw 5.10b
- LojVegas 5.5
- The Hidden Persuaders 5.9 R
- Mushroom People 5.10c
- Brass Balls 5.10
- Sniveler 5.6 PG13
- No Laughing Matter 5.10-
- Bush Pilots 5.10a R
- Alternative Facts 5.11b/c
- The Black Hole 5.10
- Bus Stops Here 5.8-
- Simpatico 5.10- PG13
- Sky Dive 5.11c PG13
- Serious Business 5.11a
- One Stop in Tonopah 5.10a
- Spectrum 5.11b
- Zen and the Art of Web Spinning 5.5
- Psycho Date 5.10b PG13
- Tinkerbellfusse 5.8 X
- Raptor 5.10c PG13
- Mo (AKA Nowhere Man) 5.8+
- Valore 5.8-
- Chocolate Covered Bacon 5.10c
- Fungus folks 5.11a/b R
- Topless Twins 5.9
- Mystery Mushroom? 5.10c PG13
- Birdland 5.7+
- Varnishing Point 5.8+
- Go Greyhound 5.11- PG13
- Rawlpindi 5.7
- Unfinished Business 5.6
- The Big Horn 5.8+
- Bird Cage 5.7
- Pazookieland 5.7
- Cut Away 5.10d R
- Sea of Holes 5.10- R
- Arachnoworld 5.4
- Moons Way 5.9-
- Rogue Fungus 5.10
- Shifting Narratives 5.11-
- Super Greens 5.8+
- Super S 5.9+
- Table Greens 5.9
- Varnishing Fact 5.9+