UKC
3 pitches. Face climb to the left of Lazy Buttress, climbing the wall between two crack systems. (1) 5.7 Runout start over a bulge leads left to black wall (7b) and communal anchor. (2) 5.7 Straight up passing a bolt, then slab to low-angle corner. (3) 5.8 Main corner for 24' then left into clean, square-cut corner (upper 5.8 moves can be avoided on the right, but loose 5.7).

Petrilak, Ward, Urioste Sep/1984.

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Guidebooks for Black Velvet Canyon

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Red Rocks - A Climber's Guide Cover
Red Rocks - A Climber's Guide (2007)
Handbook Publishing
By Jerry Handren
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Crack - 5th pitch
Birdland

Grade: 5.7 ***
( Pine Creek Canyon)

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