The Pink Flamingo

Tropic, Utah

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  • caution: Agency alerts

    18 active alerts in Dixie National Forest; most severe: Dixie National Forest Rescinds Stage 1 Fire Restrictions

    USFSPosted Aug 31 · checked 4 h ago

  • caution: Weather

    Rain, high 58°F / low 27°F, 64% precip — 65/100 for rock climbing

    OpenWeather3 h ago

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5.10+ (Yosemite Decimal)
Alpine
FA: Roy Suggett & George Foster

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About this route

One of 17 routes catalogued at Flying Raptor's Area, this climb sits in the upper-middle range of the crag's 5.6–5.11b span. An alpine line with no fixed protection.

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Flying Raptor's Area — the crag this route is on
Flying Raptor's Area, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Wojtek Szkutnik, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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