It's worth going to the top...

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It's worth going to the top...

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Frogs enjoy hanging out at the spring near the base of the route watching for sketched leaders. November 2008.

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Aug 28, 2008

“It's worth going to the top...”

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Mustafa, beginning the 4th pitch

Hailey coming up the 3rd pitch.

tunnel spider web near the top

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows - the belay positions are marked

Frogs enjoy hanging out at the spring near the base of the route watching for sketched leaders. November 2008.

It's worth going to the top...

gorgeous!

Pitch 3 action as seen from Excellent Adventure. November 2012.

Red Rock Water Lily ©Zandra Lily. The rope-soaking pool at base of Dark Shadows.

Lucas enjoying P3: 11/23/2019

Well-featured P3.

P4 Dark Shadows

Pitch 10: a crack leads to a roof. This is the crux pitch of the upper route.

Some of the locals checking us out. This is taken from the start of the route.

first 4 pitches

Christopher Lane belaying nephew, Calder Lane. at the 2nd pitch.

If you go beyond 4 pitches, rapping the route gets more interesting... Photo by Tony Bubb, 12/02.

Looking up P4: 11/23/2019

Vertical pano from the start of Dark Shadows

Descent beta. Follow big ledge system. Chimney up behind the tower. Follow cairns down into bowl. At bottom, rap off tree into chimney. 3 raps.

Pitch 3 lol.

traversing to the rap anchors

tyler on the rap down

Pitch 5 ends above the pillar on the left.

Dark Shadows - Interactive 360°: https://go.ibex.fit/mpds

Pitch 5. The left leaning crack above the roof.

Ed coming up the P2 corner

Pitch 6 ends on the face after the leftward traverse. One bolt was missing from the anchor. I built a trad anchor in the crack below the bolt.

happiness is a bomber nut placement

Pitch 9 climbs twin cracks and then heads rightward to a big ledge at the bottom of a corner with a single bolt.

Pitch 8 passes the roof on the right side.

Pitch 6 traverses left from the piton anchor. Note the pod and dirty gully above - don't climb that!

Alex Honnold free soloing end of pitch 3

Pitch 6 climbs huecos on the right side past the marked bolt.

Pitch 7 climbs cracks to a ledge below the roof.

Above pitch 10, follow broken rock for a couple of pitches to the summit cairn of Mescalito. Lower fifth class.

3rd Pitch

Gettin Psyched

Dark Shadows

Chuck just after the offwidth crux of p4

First 4 pitches

The pool directly below the climb. Be careful when you throw your ropes down!

Route Overlay Dark Shadows Pitches 1-4

Christopher Lane with brother Todd Lane at 4th pitch.

Pitch 10 roof.

Locals check out our ropes at the base

GWB climbing the 4th pitch of Dark Shadows. A sweet pitch with a no hands rest part way up.

The beautiful third pitch

Beginning the 4th pitch.

Tiffany heading up the broken cracks at the start of P9.

Starting up the first pitch on the slabby 5.5 section.

roof on P10

Patrick enjoying the 3rd pitch

Looking up at p2 (or the second half of combined p1). You don't NEED to sew it up like this, but isn't it nice to know that you can...?

Starting the traverse at the end of P2

Kat from Canmore AB climbing the beautiful corner pitch (with partner Oliver above)

Jonny on p3.