Name: Spillway Lake
Rating: 5.0

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Sep 9, 2018

Elizabeth Bacon

via mono pass 1.9mi

Sep 2, 2013

Lisa Roach

With Mira, Kelly, Mary, and Sahara.

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10,453' 3,186 m

9,969' 3,039 m

492' 150 m

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