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You can link whiteout direct and whiteout into one 120 foot mixed route @ 5.8. Two ropes will get you down in one rap.

One of my favorite RRG multi-pitch routes!

White Out is awsome, do it fall in late afternoon and you can get awsome view of the sun falling at the gorge

One of my favorite routes in the Red. A lot harder when the temps. hit 80 plus.

Great view from the top with the fall colors near its peak. Surprisingly good holds inside the crack as well as the face.

Fantastic line!!! Quality crack with great movement, protects well. The view from the top is hard to beat. Can rap to the ground with a 70m rope.

the route is ok. the view? superb.

Whiteout Direct + Whiteout in 1 pitch = 5-star warmup! You can even get down with a single 70... the right finish to the 2nd pitch (up the thin crack instead of the jugs out right) is cruxy and very classic, too bad the anchors are so far to the left!

I would like to say thanks to whoever placed the quick links on the 1st pitch rap hangers. The rap hangers are arranged in a way that pulling the rope through them results in a fierce rope twist.

New glue in anchors with huge quicklinks at both sets of anchors, thanks to whoever replaced them... Much nicer than the old set up.

Dare I say it, better than Roadside Attraction?

Everyone please, I beg of you. When rapping from the top, USE STOPPER KNOTS! Last summer, I got into a rush on this route and chose to forgo safety. One end of my rope wadded itself up on the ledge at the first fixed anchors where the bolted pitch ends. I foolishly planned to rap down to the ledge, secure myself to the anchors, then throw the rest to the ground. It was something I had done before, as foolish and inadvisable as it is. I never even made it to the ledge before the short end pulled itself up and slipped through my ATC. Had I chosen to tie a stopper knot, disaster would have been prevented. Instead, I tumbled the entire 50 feet or so down, was knocked unconscious, and severely injured all four limbs, leaving me crippled for over two months with several fractures in both feet. For awhile, my right hand was the only limb I could bare weight on, but it was significantly weak from the massive fracture in my right scapula. My left wrist was broken so badly, the doctors told me they would've had to amputate it had it been any worse. So please, DO NOT repeat my negligence. Use stopper knots on every single rappel, and never convince yourself to descend until both ends are confirmed on the ground!

Great idea!

Mike, I pulled quite a bit of length through to where I guessed the middle to be, as the middle mark has worn out. The top anchor was two chains connected by a single quicklink, so I believe that super small surface area for the rope contributed to it pulling upward. I have given a full report to the regional editor of the AAC. It should be published soon. The recovery is coming along a lot better than I thought. Thank you! I've actually returned to climbing and I'm slowly building my strength back up.

Climbed the face/arete to the left of the Whiteout Dihedral on 10/19/21. Felt 5.10- PG13. An attentive belay is needed to keep you off of the ledge if you blow it on the crux move. It takes decent gear with a crucial blue TCU after the crux. Has anyone else climbed this before? Calling it "Black Out".