Climbs a track of slabs and cracks just left of CU On Top and right of the Case Face. Great 4-pitch mini-adventure that starts mellow and then gradually challenges your mental perspective. Pitches 3 and 4 are excellent for the grade.

Hike up to the base of the CU On Top / Soylent Green Jeans approach slab. Instead of heading up the slab leading to Soylent Green Jeans, scamper straight left thru bushes to the bottom of a small buttress. 

Pitch 1: Ascend the middle or right side of the mellow buttress. Top out and scramble about 30 to 50 feet further on to a belay spot of your choosing. (5.2, 70-feet)

Pitch 2: Choose one of several nice options to access the slab above. You've got about five or more choices here, all of which are about 40 feet long and easier than 5.6. Surmount a short headwall and scamper up an easy slab to a short chimney / gap on the upper left side. Ascend the gap, then set up a belay at the top of the pedestal. (5.0 to 5.6, 110-feet)

Pitch 3: Climb straight up the crack in the varnish, angle over a white flake, then pass a small roof on its left. Continue up another 40 feet to the base of an exposed slab. This section will challenge the psyche of a newer leader, but the climbing is rather fun and not too difficult. Gear can be found on the right side of the slab for the first half. Then angle up left to a bolt in the varnish. A 5.6 move or two guards access to the bolt. Shortly after the bolt it tapers off to easy ambling toward an obvious belay spot right of the large boulder. (5.6, 140-feet)

Pitch 4: Move the belay back 20 feet to the base of a terrific crack in the arete. It looks intimidating but it depends how you attack it. You can probably keep the climbing to 5.6 or 7. #4 and #5 cams come in handy on this pitch. The finishing moves right / under the fin are money. (5.7, 80-feet)

Descent: Scramble 200 feet straight right to the top of the dark slab of CU On Top. Bolted anchors await you. Rappel and / or downclimb CU On Top.

Single set of cams to #3, then double on #4 and #5 for the final pitch if you want full protection. (We had a #6 but it was a marginal placement).