Jebel Safsafa · Safsafa NW Face · trad
Arba VaKhetzi
6aStart at gully between the skull and Klostersporn. Crawl under chockstone and continue (easy) to Y-splitting into the separate gullies, between then around wall with a crack. Follow crack (hand jamming) then fist jamming (5.8). Continue one easy pitch to slab. Follow slab diagonally up and left (exposed 5.9) then in the crack (identified by its beginning to the right) then straight up. Follow to roof. Traverse some 5m left under roof, the 3 easier pitches to summit.
- Grade
- 6a
- First ascent grade
- V+, 5.9
- Style
- trad
- Pitches
- 10
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Yoav Weiss, Gil „Doggy“ Dugon, Apr 1992
Topo
Start at gully between the skull and Klostersporn. Crawl under chockstone and continue (easy) to Y-splitting into the separate gullies, between then around wall with a crack. Follow crack (hand jamming) then fist jamming (5.8). Continue one easy pitch to slab. Follow slab diagonally up and left (exposed 5.9) then in the crack (identified by its beginning to the right) then straight up. Follow to r…
NW Face
MapStart at gully between the skull and Klostersporn. Crawl under chockstone and continue (easy) to Y-splitting into the separate gullies, between then around wall with a crack. Follow crack (hand jamming) then fist jamming (5.8). Continue one easy pitch to slab. Follow slab diagonally up and left (exposed 5.9) then in the crack (identified by its beginning to the right) then straight up. Follow to r…
Start at gully between the skull and Klostersporn. Crawl under chockstone and continue (easy) to Y-splitting into the separate gullies, between then around wall with a crack. Follow crack (hand jamming) then fist jamming (5.8). Continue one easy pitch to slab. Follow slab diagonally up and left (exposed 5.9) then in the crack (identified by its beginning to the right) then straight up. Follow to r…
Older Topo of NW Face
MapFrom israeli wiki: N19:Scala del Cielo; N8:Geissenpeter; N18:Elio’s Route; N5:Black Dyke; N2:The Skull; N7:Com kal; N6:The Mask; N4:Klostersporn; N14:Via del Papa Giovanni Paolo 1; N20:Saturday Night Fever; N11:Warsaw - Tel Aviv Direct; N16:Via del Papa Oct'87 variation; N12:Non-Stop (Warsaw’s variation); N15:Grand Hand Traverse (Papa's Variation); N3:Arba VaKhetzi; N13:Bonch; N1:NE Ridge of Safsafa; N17:Darkness at Noon; N10:Why not?; N9:Geissenpeter (variation)
Translated as "Helen's road"
Route pageStart at gully between the skull and Klostersporn. Crawl under chockstone and continue (easy) to Y-splitting into the separate gullies, between then around wall with a crack. Follow crack (hand jamming) then fist jamming (5.8). Continue one easy pitch to slab. Follow slab diagonally up and left (exposed 5.9) then in the crack (identified by its beginning to the right) then straight up. Follow to r…
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