George Bell on the north end of the summit ridge on The Slab, Flatirons South. Above my head are Pellaea and Onoclea. To the right is the Fiddlehead and East Ridge. Photo by Mark Oveson.

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George Bell on the north end of the summit ridge on The Slab, Flatirons South. Above my head are Pellaea and Onoclea. To the right is the Fiddlehead and East Ridge. Photo by Mark Oveson.

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Sea monkeys! The summit ridge pools contained tiny silvery shrimp.

Looking north on the crest past the troublesome tree.

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George Bell

Apr 11, 2002

“George Bell on the north end of the summit ridge on The Slab, Flatirons South. Above my head are Pellaea and Onoclea. To the right is the Fiddlehead and East Ridge. Photo by Mark Oveson.”

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Terrain on the ridge.

Beyond this, follow a narrow arete past a troublesome tree, and make a scary step down while hanging off great holds on the crest.
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- From the original description.

Sarah chillin' just after reaching the summit ridge. The next couple hundred feet are easy to negotiate.

The descent ramp I used instead of the flake or rappelling. The flake can be seen in the foreground for distance perspective.

Downclimb options.

Sea monkeys! The summit ridge pools contained tiny silvery shrimp.

George Bell on the north end of the summit ridge on The Slab, Flatirons South. Above my head are Pellaea and Onoclea. To the right is the Fiddlehead and East Ridge. Photo by Mark Oveson.

Looking north on the crest past the troublesome tree.

Looking north.

Looking up from where I started the route. I went up about 15 feet to a rail that I followed to my right. From there, I continued up and right until I was under the large buldge in the top right of the photo. You can do a really fun layback traverse clockwise around it and then continue up on easier climbing to the ridgeline.

Looking at the East Face of The Slab's summit from where the ridge ends and you can walk right off (past the standard downclimb a ways). Unfortunately it was a little too snowy to solo the summit that day.

Lots of greenery.

Another view north.

Mark Oveson about halfway up the summit ridge on The Slab. The rock in the background is The Goose.

Looking back up at the flake downclimb section. Lower yourself onto the pointed flake from above and negotiate the awkward Class 4 moves to terra firma.

Low on the route.

Summit ridge pools.

Bolted rap anchor behind this tree.

Summit ridge.

Long ways up.

Views beyond the crest of the route.

Summit ridge - note the dead 'descent tree' in center of photo.

At this notch, scramble up the ramp behind the dead tree to continue along the summit ridge of the Slab.

On the ridge a bit before the downclimb.

Much lichen.

I believe this "3rd Class downclimb" is what Long Ranger refers to as the one near where you are "cliffed out". You can see the "cliff" here - it looks like a bacon strip. Ha. On the west side is a fairly easy downclimb.

The downclimb is just after this bump.

Looking across Fern Canyon to the northwest from the summit ridge of the Slab.

Downclimb. Looks harder than it is; there are good edges.

The rap tree to the alternate down climb (see comment). Down-climb past this easily.

Mark Oveson a hundred feet up Diagonal, The Slab (Flatirons).

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