A great route with a first ascent from Richard Pleiss in the late 1970’s. The “Indian head” feature can be seen clearly from across the river on the Pennsylvania side of the Gap. It’s an iconic feature first noticed in the mid-1800’s by tourists on the Lackawanna Railroad. This route starts at the left-facing arete just to the right of the split tree.
Pitch 1: Climb up 15 feet and slant left continuing up another arete to a ledge. Continue up and into the dihedral with a crack to another ledge with bushes. Belay here.
Pitch 2: Exit left and traverse the ledges to the arete then up to the top.
Standard gap rack: Small to medium cams, 2 large cams, set of stoppers, few small tri-cams.
Lincroft
PA