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Submitted By: urs on Aug 14, 2008
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Description 

The left side is the first wall you come across when hiking along the trail. This breathtaking wall holds some of the hardest routes in rainbow and some of the ultra-classic climbs. This wall holds eight routes which range from 5.8 to 5.12c. The best routes here are: Aja 5.10d, Over the Rainbow 5.11b, Colors 5.11d, Gasoline Alley 5.11d, and Monkey Business 5.12c.


Getting There 

Follow the rainbow approach description. This wall is the first wall you see.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Left Side:
Aja   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch   
Over the Rainbow   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch   
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Featured Route For Left Side
caughtinside at the crux of Aja.

Aja 5.10d  CA : Tahoe Vicinity : ... : Left Side
Aja is a pretty odvious line in the middle of the face. It is one of the best routes here and it is one of the few cracks. An OK start leads to spectacular fingers and thin hands through the right side of the roof....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA