Early Access
| Type: | Trad, 80 ft (24 m) |
| GPS: | 35.14799, -85.39152 |
| FA: | Kirk Brode, Tyler Stracker, David Draper, Feb 2025 |
| Page Views: | 145 total · 10/month |
| Shared By: | Kirk Brode on Sep 3, 2025 |
| Admins: | Stonyman Killough, Luke Cornejo, saxfiend |
Description
About 40 feet left of The Ramp, scramble up to the small cave-like feature on the ledge behind and to the right of a couple of Hemlock trees. Or walk in to this point from the far left.
Boulder up the left-facing dihedral/slot thing at the right side of the small cave to gain a no-hands stance on the ledge above. Slam a couple cams in the jam crack above the alcove. Good hands but not great feet get you past the V slot to the twin finger cracks above. Skirt left of the small roof, then follow the shallow, slightly left-trending corner system up to a large ledge. Traverse right on this easy ledge for about eight feet to a stance at the base of an arete and a shallow, right-facing dihedral. Climb up the dihedral and the face just to its right, to a small ledge about six feet to the left of the belay/rappel ledge of The Ramp.
Before stepping right to the anchors of The Ramp, hitch the base of a small tree back and to your LEFT to prevent your second from taking a swing. (I toss a basket hitch around the tree using a cordollette. The tree is a little bothersome to reach, so a basket hitch is more convenient and safer for the follower to clean than a girth hitch since you don't have to climb over to the tree to undo it.)
Belay and rappel from the anchors of The Ramp.



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