P1- ?did not climb P2 - from first belay on Green Horns/Green Dagger traverse left 20' to vertical crack; climb until this peters out and move right to rounded ledge (5.9 & ~scary); straight up face past a bolt (5.9PG) or work left after bolt to a crack (5.10-?; PG) P3 - ?
Location
P1 is up face to crack to face about 30' right of the pine tree. Walkoff to climbers left.
The first pitch I feel was maybe 5.8 or 5.9 with sparse placements. The move right on the second pitch to the rounded ledge I feel was 10+/11- (compared to the slabs on the right section). I may have traversed too high though. The slab above the ledge is some fun spicy friction slab. I believe the third pitch is the final pitch of Greenhorns.
When I climbed this I ended pitch one to the right of the rounded ledge, then climbed the slab and the finish of Greenhorns. I would suggest however linking all the way to the top of the slab above the rounded ledge for a fun long first pitch.
I agree with Joel, the move out to the ledge where it rounds over feels like 10+/11a. It was harder than any move on Thin Slice or Slide Action Traction, both of which get 10+. I wouldn't reccommend that last pitch past the bolt until we get it replaced; one bolt for the whole pitch of what appears to be insecure climbing.
I thought the traverse move was solid GM 5.9 (meaning I would have rated it 10b if it were anywhere else). That said, both I (at 6'2") and my wife (at 5'2") thought it was 5.9 - so at least it is not height dependent. Just very thin and scary. I also second the idea that the face above this rounded ledge is quite runnout and that the lone bolt is less than stellar.
I believe the topo shows that slab having two bolts where the other bolt is supposed to be higher than the one already there. When I was climbing however I didn't see any obvious remains of an old bolt.
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