Cobra Crack

Cobra Crack
Cobra Crack as seen from the ground
Map showing the location of Cobra Crack
Map showing the location of Cobra Crack
LocationSquamish, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates49°41′06″N 123°08′13″W / 49.685°N 123.137°W / 49.685; -123.137[1]
Climbing areaCirque of the Uncrackables, backside of Stawamus Chief.
Route typeTraditional climbing
Vertical gain45 metres (148 feet)[1]
Pitches1
Grade5.14b (8c)
First ascentPeter Croft, Tami Knight, 1981.
First free ascentSonnie Trotter, June 2006.

Cobra Crack is a 45-metre (148-foot) long traditional climbing route on a thin crack up an overhanging granite rock face on Stawamus Chief, in Squamish, British Columbia. The route was first ascended by Peter Croft and Tami Knight in 1981 as an aid climb. After rebuffing many leading climbers, most notably Swiss climber Didier Berthod in 2005, the Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent in 2006. With subsequent ascents, the consensus grade has settled at 5.14b (8c), which ranked Cobra Crack as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and almost two decades later, it is still considered one of the world's hardest traditional climbing routes.

  1. ^ a b "Cobra Crack 5.14b". theCrag. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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