Mallory's Malice

A. Climb the finger crack, there are slots for BD nuts sized 4-8 (5.6+).

B. Climb through some loose flakes and slabs, there are slots for cams around #1 BD (5.6).

C. Use the crack of this large flake to place a piece for the traverse over to the true route. Use a #10 BD nut or a #2 cam.

D. The traverse is 10-15 feet long, climb slightly down as you cross. There are some good ledges and flakes for your feet; you can swing out a leg to cross into the crack system. A fall would be very uncomfortable but not severe (5.7).

E. There is an ancient pin that is fairly well-placed. There are a few balancy moves. This is a good place for an anchor. There is a slot for a size 13 nut and some small cams #0.75 and a Metolius cam size #1 and 2.

F. The moves bringing you over the bulge is the crux. A medium cam can protect the moves. A #5 Metolius fits better than a BD cam, but you can use either a #0.75 or a #1 if you only have BD. It is a good idea to extend the pieces to reduce rope drag. Once you pull through the harder moves, you can throw a beautiful #2 BD into a slot and move on to comfort (5.7+).

G. There are a few slab moves up to an excellent lay back finger crack. You can throw in some great nuts. If you don't have a 70 meter rope, pause here for an anchor. Keep working up the layback and place a good nut at the top. Work up onto the easy slab with face climbing, above here the pro gets a little scarce (5.6).

H. The slab and face moves are easy but fun. Look out for a good micro-nut placement, and then work up to the top. There are 25 feet of 5.5 slab that cannot be protected, and then the climb turns into 4th Class terrain. The last 100 feet are unprotectable. Once you get to the top, you will see a huge bolder. Throw a couple cams in the crack at the bottom, or just sling the whole thing for an anchor (5.5). [If you have a shorter rope, MAKE SURE YOU SET AN ANCHOR WITHIN 25 METERS OF THE LAST ONE. The dome rounds out, and the last 20-25 meters are unprotectable, so if you get stuck up there, you are pretty nicely screwed.]

DESCENT. walk right (North) and down until you find a tree to rap down off of. You will need two ropes. You can also downclimb a 5.5 slab to the ground, though a fall would surely result in injury.

Alternatively, per Kyle O: walk off the climber’s left side of the Devil’s Slide formation back to the road. It is easy 2nd Class terrain. 

Bring a set of BD Camalots .4-3.5, or 1-8 Metolius, as well as a full set of stoppers.

The pro at the end (last 100 feet) is next to none but other than that, you can throw something in every 7-10 feet. On the first pitch, the gear may be slightly questionable because there are some expanding flakes.