Narrow Arrow Indirect

This is maybe the easiest/cleanest way to the summit of Narrow Arrow. From the summit of Narrow Arrow it’s reasonable to continue to the last pitch of Free at Last, making for a cleaner and more classic way of approaching its final splitter pitch.

Pitch 1 110’ 5.10- Climb the first pitch of Godzilla, from the belay ledge, clip the bolt to the right and make the “Cidiot” traverse as if doing park ranger. After the initial hard moves, stand up on the ledge. There is a critical black totem/blue metolius placement high above the ledge here to protect your follower. Continue past the main corner to the awesome perch atop Natural Log Cabin. 

Pitch 2 40’ 5.10- Head straight up off the belay, clipping 2 bolts. Then traverse right past one anchor to the anchor at the top of P2 of NAD. It is possible to link with the first pitch if you manage your rope drag well.

Note: There are many other ways to reach this point. I’ll describe a couple more recommended variations. 

Option A: Climb Shirley (5.11) and traverse to the top of P1 NAD then climb P2 NAD (awesome 5.10). This is the most recommended variation as it tags the classic, under-appreciated P2 of NAD. 

Option B: Climb Thin fingers (or Tatoosh or Quarry Crack) for P1. Then make a moderate traverse clipping strange glue ins to the belay atop P2 of NAD.  

Pitch 3 80’ 5.10d “P3 NAD” Climb the awesome techy right facing corner up to an athletic roof. Good hand jams take you out the wild roof into a short awkward but easy fist crack. This leads to an hanging belay in the flare above. If you have the energy, it is possible to link into the short next pitch.

Pitch 4 40’ 5.10 “The Cleft” Head up easy chimney to the roof, then make an awkward transition into the OW on the face above. Solid and friendly splitter 5’s takes you to a sick belay on top of Narrow Arrow. You can get a BD .1 in just before the roof to back up the 5 as you bump it the rest of the pitch. A single 5 allows for TR pro the whole way. 

It is possible to rap from here with a single 60M rope. One long rappel takes you back to the top of NAD P2, then two more from there to the ground. If descending this way it’s definitely worthwhile to climb P2 of NAD on the way down if you didn’t climb it on the way up.  

Pitch 5 120’ 5.10a Climb “Higher Learning” to a belay below the last pitch of “Free at Last”. This pitch is a bit mungy but would clean up and likely stay pretty clean if it got some traffic. 

Pitch 6 80’ 5.10d “Voyage of the Majestic Glass-Eyed Tuna” Head up to near a tree, using a thin crack to head up and right into an obvious left facing corner, follow this amazing splitter to the top of LTW! Alternatively, you can climb the bolted direct start of “The Path of Righteousness” to gain the same corner crack. From here you can rappel or top out and continue up the mid walls Squamish Style. 

Start on Godzilla or Shirley