This appealing corner, the most conspicuous on the north face, is a little brushy and occasionally loose, but it's still a worthy route. The left facing, right leaning feature is easy to identify, and the crux might be turning the roof about half way up. Or, it might be the complex first pitch. Some more traffic would improve some lichenous sections.

The Sidewinder

Chuckwalla 21

Horn/Carson

I climbed this route with Killer Killis and never lacked for conversation:) 

  1st pitch goes up a right-facing flake with a bolt about 20 feet above the top of the flake. Three bolts in all. 150ft  

  2nd pitch goes straight up following numerous bolts. Be careful some hollow flakes but you can pick your way safely. 160ft  

  3rd pitch follow corner to a left-facing corner. 130ft  

  4th pitch goes straight up to a finger crack. Near the top take the crack on right 30 feet to bolted anchor, will be on your left on the dihedral. 160ft  

  5th pitch up to a ledge with some large bushes. 150ft  

  6th pitch fly up easy terrain to the top of summit. 120ft  

  All anchors are bolted with the exception of the summit. There you'll find a cordelette around a tree with fixed nuts. Rappel using two 55 M ropes.  

  This climb took us 4 hours to ascend and descend. The approach took us 3 hours in and 3 hours out. The approach is tricky and requires high exposed scrambling. We saw and got very near a herd of Big Horn Sheep which got spooked and scrambled away above us creating an avalanche of rock. BE CAREFUL!

This is an interesting route with good climbing, although the approach is a little rough. It's more fun than Sidewinder, and makes an overall shorter day than the northeast face routes. The first pitch is probably the crux, and each pitch has good climbing. Only the belay at the top of the third pitch was somewhat awkward, and it wouldn't be hard to find a better one by not running it out to near the end of the rope. The final overhang is a little scary, with scant pro off the deck, but it eases quickly. Scrambling to the summit has one mild 5th class stretch that is a little trickier on the downclimb.            Climb the dogleg crack and traverse left to another crack at the dogleg. Continue to a bush and belay. Follow a right-facing corner, then a left-facing corner, to a big ledge. Go right on the ledge and belay below a wide crack/chimney. Climb this and continue up a wide chimney leading to a right-facing corner. Step left onto an enjoyable face which leads to a "V"  below a large roof. Climb the left side of the "V" and belay shortly above. Scramble to the summit, with some short 4th/5th class sections.  

Global Peak is an attractive and infrequently visited summit deep in Mud Spring Canyon.

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