Road Runner

Pitch 1 has some decent climbing with solid protection but beware of some loose rocks. Pitch 2 is mostly scrambling with a short technical section. The climbing quality merits one star and a second star for the adventure factor.

Pitch 1 (5.8; 75'): Climb up a wide, right-slanting crack. Traverse left across a ledge below a large manzanita bush that blocks upward progress, scramble up and right on a talus-covered slope to the left of the manzanita and belay from boulders just above the manzanita. Rope drag at the top is severe.

Pitch 2 (5.4; 110'): Scramble up talus to a short cliff, climb an alcove on the right side of the cliff (5.4), and continue up an easy slab (class 3) to the summit. Belay from a 2-3" crack at the summit.

Descend by scrambling class 4 climber's left down the south end of the crag, then bushwhack toward the right, down the base of the west face, and then westward across the burned-out chaparral toward the road.

The route begins from the road on the right side of the east face (see photo for the Looney Tunes area).

One set of cams. I used nine cams to protect pitch 1, and two cams to protect pitch 2.