Climbs wall above the Checker Board Wall's traverse ledge. 3 pitches long. Look for steep right facing flake feature 6 feet off ledge. P1- 5.10 past a fixed pin.(pin is out of sight 30ft up pitch and left of start of route) (more of a trail blaze) stay just left of pin , then head up and left. once you reach moderate ground head up 30ft to a good ledge and .75/#2 camalot belay. P2- 5.9 climbs big, right-facing corner. at end of corner traverse left under cool nose feature. P3.-5.10- move around nose left then up OW to a hand crack through a small roof and the rim.
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.
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