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Kelly onsighting Double Cross

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The Old Woman boasts several fine lines including the notorious Double Cross (IMO, the hardest 5.7 in the Park), Dogleg (an awkward 5.8), Toe Jam, the crowd-pleasing Geronimo, and if you're up to it - Bearded Cabbage (5.10c) and Spider Line (5.11d).


Getting There 

From the bulletin board at Hidden Valley Campground, turn around and you are looking directly at the east face of The Old Woman. The right-angling crack is Toe Jam / Spider.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Old Woman:
Geronimo   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   The Old Woman - East Face
Toe Jam   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   The Old Woman - East Face
Double Cross   5.7+     Trad, 1 pitch, 95 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Dogleg   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 110 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Sexy Grandma   5.8+     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Orphan   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Dandelion   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Bearded Cabbage   5.10c     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   The Old Woman - East Face
Band Saw   5.10c R     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Route 499   5.11b     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 90 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Bridwell-Sustad   5.11b/c     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   The Old Woman - West Face
Spider Line   5.11d     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   The Old Woman - East Face
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Featured Route For The Old Woman
Art Liebacking thru the crux into the handcrack

Bearded Cabbage 5.10c  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : The Old Woman - East Face
This is a fun and interesting route!Approach as for ToeJam or Judas and look up and to the right. You will see a upward and left-rising "near-horizontal flake" coming into from the far right side of the East Face slab of the Old Woman. Above this feature there is a single bolt in the relatively short and blank section of rock between the horizontal and a vertical jam crack. Only the vertical handcrack system is visible in the attached photo.To climb this route, scramble up and to the right on...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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The West Face of 'The Old Woman' in the afternoon

The West Face of 'The Old Woman' in the afternoon

The Old Woman - West Face

BETA PHOTO: The Old Woman - West Face

The Old Woman - East Face

BETA PHOTO: The Old Woman - East Face

The Old Woman peering out from her shawl, Joshua Tree

The Old Woman peering out from her shawl, Joshua T...

The Old Woman-West. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

The Old Woman-West.
Photo by Blitzo.

Old Woman and joshua tree. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

Old Woman and joshua tree.
Photo by Blitzo.

Old Woman-Spring. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

Old Woman-Spring.
Photo by Blitzo.

The park's namesake tree.

The park's namesake tree.

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Reaching for placements high up on the Dogleg

Reaching for placements high up on the Dogleg

Leading Double Cross

Leading Double Cross

The Old Woman.

The Old Woman.