Pterodactyl
Dutch John, Utah
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What we do know
Inside Ashley National Forest
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Pterodactyl
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About this route
One of the harder problems at Flintstones, where 13 routes have been catalogued across the V0 to V6- range.
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