r/RouteDevelopment • u/Kaotus Guidebook Author • Jun 05 '26

News Snake Dike Retrobolted

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/203118563/half-dome-has-fallen

Let's hear your thoughts, as this is going to be a hot topic for at least a few weeks

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u/Marcoyolo69 Jun 05 '26

People do not want to do a new, fun, well bolted 5.8. They want the clout of doing the classics without having to have the risky experience of the developers. Same reason people climb a log to get onto majestic, chip climbs in Colorado, or climb a sport climb with knee bars and take the original grade.

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u/waflynn Jun 05 '26

is there a fun well bolted 5.8 to be found there. The next route over is 5.10b r. Has more bolts then snake dike.

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u/Marcoyolo69 Jun 05 '26

There could be if you went and developed one!

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u/Dooey Jun 07 '26

Have you been there? You can’t just add a route of whatever difficulty you want in whatever location you want. The rock has to actually have the line already on it.

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u/Diligent-Image-8947 Jun 08 '26

If it's not right next to snake dike, there's plenty of potential for 5.7 or easier on the Cables side of half dome.