Start in chimney formed by detached giant flake. There is a bolt at the stance on top of the flake. Move right then up easy face to hanging 2-bolt belay. Chickenhead hike to top, belaying off tree*. EFR doesn't give any stars, but the wannabe alpinist in me likes the idea of a summit, so I like this route. Fun and easy.
*Check that, apparently the tree has gone AWOL.
Location
Begins in obvious alcove/chimney formed by big flake at left end of the west side (closest to road). Descent: Walk off to the north (away from face and left) and you will find a good tree with rap slings. Drop down into gully here on a short rap then walk off north and west.
Protection
A few nuts and cams are good, slings for chickenheads, draws for one bolt and belay. Easy climbing, so expect to run it out.
best off the ground pitch of its grade in southern arizona, and easily the best beginner route on Mt Lemmon.
By James DeRoussel Administrator From: Tucson, AZ Jun 14, 2008
A fun and easy trad route with varied climbing. Mostly 5.4 or less, but expect a couple 5.6-ish moves with potential for some mild runout. A light rack with plenty of slings will do for most leaders (but a #4 Camalot protects nicely in the groove above the chimney on pitch 1, if you want to avoid a bit of runout there).
The tree up top is dead and gone. However,there is a huge boulder on the summit that can be slung with 10-12 feet of webbing.
By Jon Ruland From: Tucson, AZ Jun 21, 2008 rating: 5.4
a fun way to get to the top of a cool summit. you can walk off to the left once you top out (though you'll probably want use the tree to rap the small chimney--this is a different tree from the one mentioned above).
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