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Description 

This fantastic expanse of golden granite is stacked with suberb face and crack routes and is an area rich in climbing history.

Some of the better face climbs here include Hesitation (5.10a), Sundance (5.10b), Valhalla (5.11a), Iron Cross (5.11a), Moondance (5.11c), New Generation (5.11c) and Someone You're Not (5.12d).

Some of the better cracks here include Paisano Chimney (5.8), B.C.'s Ouch Chimney (5.9), The Drain Pipe (5.11b) and Tar and Feathers (5.11d).


Getting There 

Hike left past the Buttress of Cracks to reach this wall which sits just above and slightly right of the Smooth Sole Wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sunshine Face:
Hesitation   5.10a     Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Sundike   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Sundance   5.10b     Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Hesitation Direct   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Nirvana   5.11a     Trad, 1 pitch, 160 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Valhalla   5.11a     Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Iron Cross   5.11a     Trad, 2 pitches, 230 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Moondance   5.11c     Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
New Generation   5.11c     Trad, 3 pitches, 280 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Ishi   5.12d     Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet   Sunshine Face - Right Side
Someone You're Not   5.13a     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   Sunshine Face Left Side
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Featured Route For Sunshine Face
Ivan approaching the crux lieback corner at the end of the first pitch.  As suggested, a 4 1/2 cam would nicely protect this corner.  We didn't have anything large so smaller gear below made for an exciting lieback!

Sundance 5.10b  CA : Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : ... : Sunshine Face - Right Side
Scramble up to a ledge with a pine tree directly below Log Ledge, a sloping shelf with a dead log, then walk left to a left-facing flake system which is the start of the route.P1) Lieback up the widening crack (5.8) to reach a small ledge where another left-facing corner (5.9) leads to the left side of Log Ledge and a 2 bolt anchor. P2) Make some thin moves off the belay (5.10b) and then wander up the incredible face above past five bolts. After the last bolt travese right (5.9) to gain the aret...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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By Chris Owen
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From: La Crescenta and Big Bear Lake
Mar 14, 2013

I have a young friend (a good guy) who has done a lot of sport climbing; he said he'd feel really good if he could lead comfortably at 5.12. I told him that a better ambition would be to lead every route on the Sunshine Face up to 5.11+. It's not about the grade, it's about the rock and the lines we draw upon it.