Candyland 

FA:  Scott Kimball and Gary Sapp, 1984 Type:  Trad Views: 98 page views Submitted By: paco on Jun 1, 2001 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

a good route with a great crux pitch. approach as for Heart of Norway but just before reaching it break left across a short but exposed low 5th class traverse. after this contunue up and left to the base of the beautiful left slanting crack which is the start of the route. fire up this crux pitch with some fantastic finger locks and a tricky wide section. one may rap from fixed anchors at this point but the route has some interesting climbing after this also. pitch two, swim through a crack which is infested with lichen but continue to cleaner rock and a belly flop through a tunnel to find a nice belay ledge. pitch 3 heads out right to a mank bolt a few feet out on a slab. this bolt needs a replacement, although i found an okay #00 tcu placement right above it. some nice (solid 5.9?) face climbing leads past the bolt and left to easier cracks and the summit.

Protection 

bring your avarage lumpy rack up to a #3 or #4 camalot.