Cobra Crack

Cobra Crack is a traditional climbing route on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, British Columbia, and one of the best-known single-pitch gear routes in climbing. First climbed in 1981 by Peter Croft and Tami Knight as an A2 aid route, it later became famous as an elite open project because of its severe difficulty and painful, insecure style. In June 2006, after 40 attempts over three years, Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent, placing his own protection on lead; later repeats settled the grade at 5.14b. Since then, it has remained an iconic testpiece in hard traditional climbing, with each repeat drawing notice.

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