Fish In Formation

Fish In Formation packs a punch! It's an exciting route up an inticing crack system on the north end of the east face. You'll find some spice early followed by sweet jams, easy wide, and a rad crux. It links into the north ridge route for a short, memorable, and more challenging day on Flower Tower.

P1: 5.10- (PG-13), 160 feet. Climb a 5.6 ramp underneath the massive, left-facing chimney flake to a bushy ledge. Climb a short, shallow flake that curves right with a couple moves off the ledge before a placement. Make your way right to the left-leaning, left-facing dihedral. Climb up and left through lichen rock and slabs to the base of the crack system. ***A more direct route may be possible and would include an awesome looking left-facing corner.

P2: 5.9, 100 feet. Climb right around a flake into the short splitter of varying sizes (0.5-1). Follow a broken crack system to a right-sloping ledge or 15 feet higher to a comfortable stance below lichen cracks for a belay.

P3: 5.11-, 120 feet. Climb lichen-y parallel cracks to a sweet, right-leaning #1s crack to the easy chimney. Climb the chimney to a big ledge (you could bring the belay here to avoid a rope stretch ledgefall). Climb the left-leaning crack above the ledge to a pod (crux). Climb out of the pod to another big belay ledge.

P4: 5.6, 120 feet. Climb 5.6 up and over to connect with the north ridge.

This route is located on the north end of the east wall (right side). The hard-to-miss crack system starts about 150 feet up and is about 100 feet left of the massive chimney flake on the far right side. The route starts in line with the giant chimney flake and moves up and right and then traverses far left to reach the crack system.

A doubles rack to a 2, stoppers, and slings. 3s & 4s could be placed but are not necessary.