Mt. Royal
Royal Flush + Aces High
1,500 ft, 8 pitches, 5.10
Laura and I decided that since we were going to spend Father's Day fishing near the cabin, that we would make a day trip to Mt Royal before a day of relaxation. I had climbed the route two times before, but since she had not, I agreed to go back since it was a fairly enjoyable route.
We decided to swing leads on all the lower pitches since they are rated 5.6 - 5.7 and there is a fair amount of traversing between them. At the final headwall, there were 3 groups ahead of us on the standard royal flush route, but we had planned to go to the Aces High option. It is a 60 meter pitch, 5.10 and well protected with good bolts. We were the only ones on this pitch and it was definitely the best one of the day. After the aces high pitch, we traversed 20' right anchored in and made one long pitch to the summit (all the way to the tree). This pitch was about 68 meters of our 70 meter rope and is very enjoyable 5.8-5.9 climbing. The route took us about 4 hours, with about an hour of waiting here and there. Descent is by the standard Mt. Royal hiking trail and takes about 45 minutes.
Father's Day was Sunday so we invited Dad up to the cabin for a BBQ and some fishing. Laura and I jumped on two climbs near Montgomery Reservoir before Dad got there. We had a fun BBQ and fished with Dad and Kim. Dad caught 3 fish, Kim and I caught 0.
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