Paul moving up past his first piece of gear on the...
Description
This route is located on the southwest face of the grouse slab , which is a five minute hike around to the left of the main face of Grouse Slab.
From the parking area heading towards the main climbing area of Grouse Slab, this wall is uphill and to the left, and you can see the routes of the Southwest Face on the approach before going around the Slab downhill and to the right.
Once you can see the 9 routes of the Southwest Face from the PCT (this applies for approaches from both sides), head uphill for about 3 minutes on a thin trail through the manzanita bushes.
Greener Pastures starts from the same area as the rightmost bolted climb known as Desire (5.9), and is the crack just left of the chimney known as Huffer (5.6), which is just left of desire.
Climbing starts with a nice attack into a crack system that curves left just under a small bulge and then heads straight over the bulge where the crack heads vertically upwards. Continue up via fun jambs to the top anchor.
The pro is small on this short route, so only solid 5.9 climbers should attempt the route.
By Paul Rezucha From: Alameda Nov 21, 2005 rating: 5.9+
This route looks intimidating from the ground as it's much steeper than other climbs nearby. It is well protected though the whole way. I found the crux about 2/3rds up starting from where you have a great right-hand hand jam. You can place two bomber cams here and with thin feet you move up a couple moves to a great horizontal! A fun route and a good one to practice jam techniques.
By Brad Allender From: Alameda, CA Nov 29, 2005 rating: 5.9
Fun climb with some great jam moves on it. The guide book Rock Climbing Lake Tahoe by Mike Carville shows bolts on this route. They are still there, but the hangers have been removed.The climb can be done safely as a trad lead.
Short and fun, no bolts along route as shown in guide. There is a 2 bolt anchor with chains. We did the route on TR by rappelling down from anchors on top of Light Headed (Left) and setting the TR on the Greener Pastures anchors, took some time, but well worth it.
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