Marión Route Grade Votings
Total votes cast 50
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The prominent arete offers one of Sella's best known climbs. The grades suggested for the pitches seem to vary. The start (the crux) is extremely polished, the rest less so. A good intro to multi-pitch climbing. USER COMMENTS
Do yourself a favour, take some wires and do the last pitch in full, it's the best bit. And the descent via the cave is great fun too. My vote for grades is 5+, 4+/5, 5+
The top pitch isnt completly bolted, which is a shame. Take some wires and complete the route...its worth it.
Marion is a bit over-rated: it's polished, the moves are all a bit ordinary and only the situation makes it worthwhile. It does go right to the top so it's a 'proper' route! Guide grades about right, maybe 5 to get off the ground.
Getting off the ground and the top pitch felt the hardest to me.
I felt it was well-spaced bolted on the second pitch at one place. The grades of the pitches was around 5 but maybee some harder the first and the last pitches
Getting off the ground was the hardest move for me. I climbed the route to the chains at the top with two additional medium sized wires above the last bolt. It's 5+, 4, 4+ in my opinion.
The first pitch is now very polished (shame) 5+. The second pitch has a bolt missing (big bold run out). And the top pitch is becoming pretty shiny. 5+. I certainly climbed other 5+ routes at Sella that were much easier.
The crux is getting off the ground and mantelling onto the block. Ran the first 2 pitches into one twin 60's straight forward after the start. Top pitch awkward possible hard 4b poss 4c and 3 bolts not 2 only a couple of wires needed, with bolts can't be VS and bomber wires anywhere u want to place them. |