| Type: | Trad, Aid, 240 ft (73 m), 3 pitches, Grade II |
| GPS: | 35.12783, -85.38894 |
| FA: | Forrest Gardner & Chris Chesnutt 1989 |
| Page Views: | 748 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Dylan Valvo on Jun 6, 2020 · Updates |
| Admins: | Stonyman Killough, Luke Cornejo, saxfiend |
Description
Pitch 1 To the right of Little Tree there is a shallow dihedral which is the start of some good free climbing. Climb this corner to a horizontal and shift left into a nice finger crack. Follow the short but perfect finger crack to another horizontal with a bulge above. Mantle onto this and work through the orange face to a large ledge with bolted anchors.
Pitch 2 Climb straight up from bolted anchors aiming for the left side of the roof system where there are two roof cracks on either side of a face. I’ve heard varying stories to this pitch after I climbed it. One is that Chesnut freed this pitch the other is that he aided it... I could see it going free and would imagine approaching the wider offwidth on the left for this as I did although large gear is a must. I did not have any big gear and aided the face on rurps and small brass eventually gaining the crack on the right side. This would be an easy pitch to aid with large cams. On the ledge walk left to a bolted anchor.
Pitch 3 From the ledge free climb straight up through large loose blocks to the base of steep roof. Break out the hammer and have at it. Set an anchor in the trees.
Rap skiers left from the route with doubles or maybe a 70m?



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