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Benton, California

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Conditions: Caution

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Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good

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  • caution: Agency alerts

    11 active alerts in Inyo National Forest; most severe: Southern California Edison - Road work in Silver and Wyman Canyon

    USFSPosted Sep 9 · checked 5 h ago

  • clear: Weather

    Clouds, high 66°F / low 43°F, 9% precip — 93/100 for rock climbing

    OpenWeather5 h ago

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5.11c (Yosemite Decimal)
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About this route

This route represents the upper limit of difficulty among the 18 climbs catalogued at Potato Patch, pushing into the hardest grades established in the Potato 4 sector.

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Potato Patch — the crag this route is on
Potato Patch, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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