Type: Trad, 200 ft (61 m), 2 pitches, Grade II
FA: Wayne Taylor, Eric Keto, 78
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Shared By: Chuck McQuade on Jan 6, 2007
Admins: Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown

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Like the Candle in Chimney Canyon, this route leads to one of the few spire summits in the Sandias. An interesting route with a good hand crack on P1, the second pitch contains the routes crux which occurs right off the belay. The climb ends at a bolted anchor just short of the spires summit. A short section of class 3 scrambling can be done to top out on the summit.

P1: (90') Starts at the spire's west face, underneath a large roof. Follow a good hand crack broken up with intermittent ledges. The pitch ends at a bolted belay on a small but good ledge.

P2: (70') Head straight up negotiating a small bulge (crux). Follow a broken dihedral to the bolted belay.

Descent: Rap the route [straightforward with 2 ropes or a 70m rope; a single 60m rope will also work but is not ideal]

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Standard rack: double Camalots 0.5-2", some slings.

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