Arrowhead Spire  5.6

1,229 page views Good page?

Type:  Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet Consensus:  5.6 [details] FA:  Submitted By:  M.Morley on May 31, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (12) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

View of the Spire from Arrowhead Arete.

Add Photo  Add Comment    Printer View

Fifi Buttress To Close! MORE INFO >>> The following areas are closed to all visitor use to protect peregrine falcon aeries from March 1 until August 1 of each year or until the young falcons of the current year have fledged: Fifi Buttress Immediately west of Leaning Tower. Closure includes all routes on Fifi Buttress. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

When combined with Arrowhead Arete, this makes for a pretty fun outing with lots of exposure. Instead of climbing the first pitch of Arrowhead Arete, head a bit further east to the base of the spire and locate an easy looking corner system. From here, climb up about 30' to a fixed pin, and continue up crack system, passing a scrub oak. Continue up a chimney, making a few tricky moves past another fixed pin. Belay at a good stance.

Pitch 2 involves some airy face climbing on featured rock. There are a couple of fixed pins on this pitch as well, and you can get gear in here and there.

The summit provides a great view of the Valley, Half Dome, Glacier Point, The Sentinel, Ahwahnee Meadow, and Mount Starr King.

From the top, 1 rap (watch your rope ends) puts you at the notch between the Spire and the Arete. One more rap sets you up for climbing Arrowhead Arete.

Location 

Same as for Arrowhead Arete.

Protection 

Light rack. There are a few fixed pins on the route as well.

Photos of Arrowhead Spire Slideshow

Add Photo

Jeff just past the awkward pitch 1 crux.

Backside of the spire from Arrowhead Arete. Rap f...