New Routes Between Dog House and Cat Slab

Someone has obviously been very busy. Anyone have any info on these new routes? Might head up there today after work to check them out.

Cool! I always thought there was a lot of potential there.

Climbed two of the three routes after work. The first one was probably 5.7 and was quite fun. The second one on the left was probably 5.10+ with a thuggish start. The 5.10 needs to be cleaned, but was ok. It's hard to judge quality when a route is still very dirty and has questionable holds, so it may climb better after it cleans up. We ran out of day light and didn't get on the line on the right. Also, the 5.7 has a second pitch that we didn't do, because we were climbing as a party of three. All in all a fine addition to the area. It looks like the three routes are about all the crag has for quality route potential.

The area you've described is pretty massive. Where is all this in relation to the tunnel?

Aren't they on opposite sides of the road? Please share the beta. Also, I heard they may be new development in the area of Black Widow Slab in BoCan?

I met the guy who bolted them from ground up the other day. He said they were decent moderates, and seemed to have a decent head on his shoulders. Thanks Adam for adding these routes. The routes are up and to the right of tunnel if you are facing east. You cant miss the shiny new bolts.

In March, Adam Huxley and I put up "Stray Cat" on the far right of the Buttress, 5.8, 80', 8 bolts w/2 bolt anchor.

In April, we did the best route so far, in the center of the buttress, start near a rotten looking, right leaning ramp, "Out of the Blue", 5.9, 160', P.1, 80', 8 bolts w/2 bolt anchor, P.2, 5.7, 80', 8 bolts w/2 bolt anchor.

Farther left, at a black roof with bolts, is "Into the Black". A 5.10+ boulder problem starts a 5.8 face, 80', 10 bolts, w/2 bolt anchor.

Chuck.

Thanks for taking the time to put the routes up Chuck. We enjoyed them and thought they were a good addition to the area.

We did all 3 routes the other day. We started with the furthest right (Stray Cat 5.8) and would not recommend it - the rock is pretty rotten/crumbling the whole way up and the rope drag was terrible, even with some long draws. If you do climb it, make sure your belayer wears a helmet and bring a few long draws as it wanders a bit.

We really enjoyed the other 2 climbs though - the rock was way better quality on both, although as Mike mentioned the 10+ is still pretty dirty. We both thought the first move was more in the 11a range but perhaps we were missing something. Probably goes a bit easier if you are taller. It's also great to have another moderate multi-pitch in the canyon.

Will this area have its own name or be considered part of Catslab? If it gets its own name, we thought 'The Litterbox' might be appropriate! :) Thanks for the hard work in adding these lines!

It's now called the "Cats vs. Dogs Wall".