Cobra Crack

Cobra Crack
Cobra Crack as seen from the ground
Location	Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°41′5″N 123°8′12″W / 49.68472°N 123.13667°W / 49.68472; -123.13667[1]
Climbing area	Cirque of the Uncrackables, backside of Stawamus Chief.
Route type	Traditional climbing
Vertical gain	45 m (148 ft)[1]
Pitches	1
Grade	5.14b (8c)
First ascent	Peter Croft, Tami Knight, 1981.
First free ascent	Sonnie Trotter, June 2006

Cobra Crack is a 45-metre (148-foot) long traditional climbing route on a thin crack up an overhanging granite rock face on Stawamus Chief, in Squamish, British Columbia. The route was first ascended by Peter Croft and Tami Knight in 1981 as an aid climb. After it rebuffed many leading climbers, most notably Swiss climber Didier Berthod in 2005, the Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent in 2006. With subsequent ascents, the consensus grade has settled at 5.14b (8c), which ranked the route as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and almost two decades later, it is still considered one of the world's hardest traditional climbing routes.