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Short Cake

Name: Short Cake
Rating: 2.0

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British

Routes in Amphitheater

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	All Tough: No Love T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Baby's Traverse T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Brothers Start T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Cryptic Trip T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Daddy, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	False Mummy T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Good Heavens T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Good Heavens Prow T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Good Heavens variation (a.k.a. Cave variation) T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Grimy, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Heckfire Left var. T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Holy Moses T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Iguana Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Labyrinth T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Land of the little people T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R
	Limey, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lost in Space T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A1-2
	Mummy, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Open Book, The T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Out of sight out of mind T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Prow (lower pitches), The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Prow Right, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Prow, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Rattlesnake Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	S. D. Modiano T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Short Cake T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sister Seagull T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Skunk Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Trinidad T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Turkey Beard T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a

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Type:	Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 3 pitches
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Access Issue: 2023 seasonal raptor closure (January 15th-August 15th) Details

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Shortoff Mountain South: All routes between and including C.O and Paradigm Shift are closed.

Shortoff Mountain North: All climbing routes, cliff rim, and campsites within the red band marked on the map are closed to entry. No foot traffic or camping above or below the cliff in this section. Contact the USFS for more details: 828 652 2144.

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Description

An old route and info was very vague but this seems to be the only 5.6 path through the area.

This is a way more funnerer way out of the amp than the prow, and it is a little shorter if you solo to the first tree ledge you could top it out in one pitch with a 60m rope...

P1. Many will solo this, you have two options, stay out on the face (right) at 5.6 or hop into the chimney/corner at 5.3 this is the easier and more secure way. Gain the small tree ledge

P2. 5.5 Pull up onto the next ledge and get some #1or #2 gear, aim left into the chimney (not visible in topo photo) at the top of the chimney you'll arrive at another tree ledge, a good belay spot and fairly short pitch

P3. 5.6 Enter the right faceing corner with excellent gear options, save a #2 for the end of this corner where it hits a small roof, this is the crux of the climb, pull the roof on the right side and continue up this face on glory jugs aiming up and left to the dirt and rock corner you finish at nearly the same spot as the prow.

This route offers shade in the late afternoon while the prow is baking in the sun.