Climbs wall above the Checker Board Wall's traverse ledge. 3 pitches long. P1- 5.10 past a fixed pin. P2- 5.9 climbs big, right-facing corner. P3.-5.10- move around nose left then up OW to a hand crack through a small roof.
Did this route the other day and thought I'd add a couple of things. You can get a topo at the ranger station. Some of the things on that topo are wrong or misleading. For one there is no "ramp" identifying the start. There is also no "tunnel through".
The route is fun and good quality climbing. The fixed pin on pitch one leaves something to be desired. It's a KB with the eye sticking about an inch and a half out of the rock. It's also the only decent piece you'll get for awhile, and the rock isn't great. The climbing isn't to hard in that section however.
This climb is better than the hump up the "descent" gully.
The Checkerboard Wall
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