Corrugation Corner Explained

Corrugation Corner
Location:	Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Coords:	38.7994°N -120.135°W
Climbing Area:	Lover's Leap, Main Ledge
Route Type:	Trad
Vertical Gain:	500feet
Pitches:	3
Rating:	5.7
First Ascent:	Kurt Edsburg, et al., early 1960s.

Corrugation Corner is a technical rock climb at Lover's Leap near Lake Tahoe, CA first established in the 1960s. It is recognized for its high level of exposure as well as its pleasing aesthetics.^{[1] [2]} Chris McNamara describes it as "one of the steepest granite 5.7s anywhere.".^[3]

Route description

• Pitch 1: The climb ascends a large corner before continuing past a ceiling and into a second corner.
• Pitch 2: It then ascends some cracks leading into a chimney, before traversing right onto a ledge.
• Pitch 3: It ascends through another chimney, then traverses past a piton an onto an exposed arete.^[4]

External links

• summitpost.org
• supertopo.com
• rockclimbing.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tahoe Moderates . Jim Thornburg . Rock and Ice . March 16, 2018.
2. Web site: Rock Climbing at Lovers Leap . Alpine Skills . March 15, 2018.
3. South Lake Tahoe Climbing, by Chris McNamara, Supertopo LLC, 1st Edition, March 2004
4. Web site: The Line (5.9), Lover's Leap, California . Andrew Burr . Climbing.com . March 16, 2018.