Nathan Fisher West Bountiful   5.10b

[Hide Comment] Another great line. Don't miss this one. I felt a tad harder than Bloody Fingers, and a lot less secure. I remember thinking to myself as I looked up at it, "This doesn't look all that great". Man, was I wrong. Sep 11, 2006

Wavey Salt Lake City, UT   5.10-

[Hide Comment] great moves. climbs like a sport climb. 10- Mar 22, 2007

David Shiembob slc, ut

[Hide Comment] So good! It climbs like a sport climb until the finger jams in the upper crack... May 15, 2007

Iain Morris   5.10a

[Hide Comment] What a sweet crack up high! Jul 30, 2007

susan peplow Joshua Tree   5.10a

[Hide Comment] Looking up from the base I opt out of leading this route as it looks, well, "thin". I'm not a huge fan of using only small gear. What a mistake! The route is for ladies fingers and a great size. sm-med nuts, TCU's to 2" cams. Watch for chopped ropes in the cracks. Chain anchors. I won't make the same mistake next time. Susan Aug 14, 2007

rpc Portland, OR

[Hide Comment] I also thought it was harder than Bloody Fingers and not as good. Mar 25, 2008

Brice W Front Range, CO   5.10a

[Hide Comment] This felt more sustained to me than Bloody Fingers, but still great fun. The bottom part does climb like a sport climb. The whole route took great gear. A 60M rope doesn't quite reach down to the nice ledge for the TR. Sep 8, 2008

Nicholas Yaskoff Salt Lake City, UT   5.10a

[Hide Comment] A fantastic line that shouldn’t be missed. I felt it was on par with other 10a’s in the area in terms of difficulty. Aesthetically speaking the route is inspiring. May 18, 2009

Alec L   5.10a

[Hide Comment] Holy crap this thing is fun. Gear-protected overhanging jugs to a splitter finger crack. Great feet the whole way. Very photogenic with great gear the whole way -- do it! Jun 27, 2011

Mark Evans Cottonwood Heights, UT   5.9+

[Hide Comment] Absolutely great climbing, wow!! I felt it was a little soft for the grade in the area. Aug 27, 2011

C Hopwood Salt Lake City, UT

[Hide Comment] I would definitely recommend you rappel this route. You can see the remnants of more than one cut rope jammed in the crack at the top. Hook your rope over a large bump on the way down and rap just right of the crack. You can still clean all of your gear. I also needed a much smaller rack. The largest piece of gear I used was a .5 C4 and even those were too large for much of the finger crack. Plenty of great rests to stop and plan your next moves though. Awesome route!! Jun 16, 2012

slim   5.10a

[Hide Comment] really fun route. neat features, eats gear. deservedly popular. Aug 5, 2013

DennisL Bishop, CA   5.10b

[Hide Comment] WOW. Climb it! May 11, 2014

David Steele

[Hide Comment] So much fun. The platform below the anchors has nice patina flakes to bracket the rope when you rap, so use them to avoid adding your rope to the others stuck in the jaws of the crack to the left. Felt easier than Bloody Fingers, but this is more steep jugs/crack technique, whereas BF is more slab techniques. Jun 21, 2016

Colin Szehner Oakland, Ca

[Hide Comment] awesome climb with mostly thin gear for the majority. steep gym climbing to technical thin climbing. Sep 7, 2016

Fallon Rowe St G, UT   5.10a

[Hide Comment] Amazing. I felt like it was MUCH easier than Bloody Fingers, but it depends on your style. Super fun, totally a must-do for any City tradster. Jun 20, 2017

Jay Morse Hooksett, New Hampshire

[Hide Comment] Amazing and totally G-rated with a standard rack. This thing eats nuts. I was worried about using my finger-sized cams and conserved them after reading the beta that doubles are recommended, and I never ended up even using them. The beta about rappelling this route and swinging over to climber's right to wrap the rope around the nice rock horn to keep the rope out of the crack is spot on. Sep 6, 2017

Michael Leary Los Angeles, CA

[Hide Comment] Favorite moderate trad route at the city. A great route for newer trad leaders wanting to get more familiar with splitters and thin crack climbing. Sep 22, 2018

Alex Zucca Salt Lake City, UT

[Hide Comment] This takes mostly 0.3-0.5 cams (have 2-3 of each to sew it up). Also many places for nuts. Nowhere to place anything larger than a 1. Jun 16, 2019

michalm   5.9

[Hide Comment] The anchors have been fitted with durable lower-off hardware courtesy of the ASCA. To support work like this donate today at safeclimbing.org Oct 5, 2020

Sarah Lydecker Portland, OR

[Hide Comment] This was a great first 10a trad climb. Juggy holds at the bottom allow for bold and fun movement and then a balancy top section will have you walking your .3 up all the way if you didn’t bring multiples. Sep 30, 2021

Mike Wilkinson Lexington, KY

[Hide Comment] Take all your .3 cams. Made my fingers much more bloody than bloody fingers, and thought the crux move on this was harder than any move on BF. Climbs way better than it looks. Rap/lower to the right to avoid getting your rope stuck in the crack. Jun 11, 2022

Brandon Marshal Victor, ID   5.10a

[Hide Comment] Interesting to see all the comparisons to Bloody Fingers. I think it probably comes down to what you prefer more, steep hands or steep fingers? The first time I led Thin Slice (two years ago) I used too much small gear low and things got sparse and spicy up high, with an ultimate whip and stuck nut. Returned yesterday, taking care to conserve finger sized gear on the lower face and was rewarded with a well protected 5.10- lead on one of the most striking steep cracks in the City. This one has a bit of everything, an interesting water groove low, a remarkably steep but surprisingly manageable trad-protected 5.9 jug fest in the middle and a beautiful, perfect, finger crack finish with only a few moves of real lock-to-lock climbing before the ubiquitous bail-out patina emerges. Four stars! Aug 7, 2023

Dave Medara Truckee, CA

[Hide Comment] One of my favorite routes in the City. Did it last week after 2 decades without a visit. Just as good as I remember. Jun 16, 2025