Path is a fairly aesthetic route for the Arsenal, offering some very cool headwall climbing on immaculate white rock with a strange orange blob in the middle of a hard sequence. If it didn't have a leg-swallowing hole before the finishing headwall it would surely be a bit harder and merit 3 stars. Nevertheless, it's a great route.
Path is two routes left of Sprayathon and shares a common first two bolts with Spurtatron (13a), which moves left over the roof band into a dihedral while Path heads straight up on finger pockets. Blocky, easier climbing above some powerful biz on the pockets leads to the leg swallowing hole. Rest up and prepare for 3-4 bolts of bouldery, sustained climbing in a very cool position on a hanging headwall.
Many people skip the next to last clip on redpoint. Make sure your belayer keeps you out of the trees if you do this.
The Arsenal
RSS Feed
