W4  5.8- PG13

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Type:  Trad, 4 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III Consensus:  5.8- [details] FA:  Bradley White and Ted Hammond, 1982 or 3 New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  bradley white on Jul 22, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

This climb starts at a crescent moon finger crack (5-8-) that was pinned. After the crack move into arch and follow it left to gain (5-7) large platform to belay. You are now on the outside corner face of the east side of the dike. Do some trickery mantling moves through a solid block face until you can exit left onto another platform. Climb up to another platform and climb the pine tree on the right fifteen ft. enabling you to step off past a unclimbable ceiling. Friction (5-6) immediately onto the roof slab above this ceiling while the tree sways back and forth. After sustained friction slab is run up belay in tree ledges. Climb ledges and past trees to summit. Much loose rock was removed out of the arch on this first ascent.

Location 

Best to get to high ground just past the beak buttress and traverse west to the end of this traverse ledge. Above you visually noticeable will be the crescent crack. Other approaches are a bit dangerous up dirt channels.

Protection 

trad rack and a couple of fixed pins. Walk off.