Rabbit Ears:
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=2666
"Dragon's Back":
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=844
I've recently climbed both of these peaks. We did Rabbit Ears as a formal lead. I thought the lower part of the standard pitch was Class 4, and the final moves were probably 5.0. However, it looked like it might be possible to keep it Class 4 if you moved slightly down and left around a small bulge before continuing up, instead of doing the final bit of the standard line. The 5.0 part protected well with a cam in a crack and I didn't want to drag the rope around the bulge, so I didn't check to see if it might really go at Class 4 or not.
I've now climbed Dragon's Back 3 times. The first time I thought it was Class 4 and I believe I downclimbed it. That was at a time in my climbing career when I could downclimb lower 5th Class. The second time we brought a rope and rapped down; I can't remember if we actually used it going up - we might have due to exposure on the final arete.
I'm not 100% after my accident a couple years ago, and one thing that's affected is my balance, with one leg weighing more than the other that's still missing a lot of muscle. This time, I felt uncomfortable trying to downclimb, and rapped the whole length down from near the top. There are other rap slings that look like they were placed at different times, that I passed on the way up.
So, I'm wondering if Dragon's Back might be lower Class 5, and I was just able to downclimb at that level years ago, or if it's Class 4, and I was too spooked by my current issues this time to downclimb even that. I would say it's definitely harder than Rabbit Ears.
Regardless, this peak remains my favorite in CO, and is a very fun and worthwhile climb.
Opinions?