The Sunshine Face is the premiere wall at Suicide and offers stellar face climbing up to three pitches in length.
There are some nice cracks here but the main appeal is thin face climbing. Those enjoying the art of slab climbing will be rewarded with gems such as Sundance (5.10b), Valhalla (5.11a), Iron Cross (5.11a), New Generation (5.11c), Moondance (5.11c) and Ishi (5.12d).
Getting There
Hike left past the Buttress Of Cracks to reach this wall which sits just above and slightly right of the Smooth Sole Wall.
This fantastic route lies in the middle of the main Sunshine Face just left of the classic Valhalla (5.11a).Scramble up to a ledge with a pine tree directly below Log Ledge, a sloping shelf with a dead log, then walk left to a left-facing flake system which is the start of the route.P1) Lieback up the widening crack (5.8) to reach a small ledge where another left-facing corner (5.9) leads to the left side of Log Ledge and a 2 bolt an...[more]
By Chris Owen Administrator From: La Crescenta, CA Mar 4, 2006
IMHO probably the best piece of granite in all of SoCal. I have particularly fond memories of leading the last pitch of Sundance (Sundike Variation) in the late afternoon glow.
Sunshine Face - Right Side
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