This rout ascends black rock just to the right of some bubbly basalt knobs. The first 15 feet are the crux, then some fun moves lead out of a scoop and continue up an overhanging wall to the top.
Location
If you are facing the Crack House, this is the fourth line in from the left which is approximately 50 feet from the beginning of the crag.
By Jason Halladay From: Los Alamos, NM Mar 15, 2009 rating: 5.11b
I didn't like the looks of the pro potential at the start of this route and went up an alternate start about 8 feet to the right. It's a small finger crack in a smooth corner with an awkward, height dependent move to get into the super positive finger crack. A couple more fingery moves lead to mantle on top of the big block joining the standard route about half way up. There's a huge, loose block just right of the exit that shifted as I pulled on it. I "X"ed it with chalk. The anchor situation on this route kinda blows...lots of loose stuff up there. I'll take my drill and some hardware next time to rectify this.
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