Stairway to Heaven
(Utah)

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Pitch 7 rarely forms. When is does, it is a WI6 pillar. In lean conditions such as this, it can be climbed via an 8-bolt M7+ mixed route which weaves between ice patches up to the hanging dagger.

Photographer: Michael Anderson
Date: March 10, 2002