A short and nicely protectable gear lead for those breaking into trad leading. Quite possibly White Rock's best introductory gear lead thanks to great protection and fun climbing.
Start up blocky terrain to a large flake sticking out of the crack. Stem a bit in the slight dihedral and work up towards the small roof above. Near the roof, step right onto the face and finish up the face. 2-bolt anchor, reachable from the top, was installed to prevent further damage to trees.
Location
Near the far left (south) end of the crag. As you approach from the south, pass the orange, textured wall. Pass a clean, low-angle dihedral that looks hard to protect. Unknown 5.6 is the line just past this clean dihedral. (Note the clean dihedral looks fun but I haven't heard anything about it being climbed.)
The start of this route has a scratched/painted number "69" on the rock.
Protection
Medium to large cams and medium to large nut opportunities abound.
Chris, you are correct. I have corrected the location. Thanks for catching that. I also added some more details about finding this route.
By George Perkins Administrator From: Los Alamos, NM Aug 20, 2008 rating: 5.6
Jason, the clean dihedral left of this route that you say looks fun.. I led it a year ago(?).. it is about 5.8, does not have very frequent gear placements (PG13? R? I forget), and my girlfriend thought it was really worthless but I thought mediocre. I'm sure someone has climbed this before I did too.
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