BETA PHOTO: Wise Crack; the left-most route on the w...
Description
The West Face of Surprising Crag has some of the earliest routes on the rock. Many of these older routes are hard, scary, and infrequently climbed. There are a few modern sport routes here, too, but most of them are quite difficult. Other than the route "The Other One", a fun route up the prow at the right end of the West Face, this area sees little traffic.
A number of the scary trad routes have not yet been added to the MountainProject.com database, but will be included in the list below.
Routes from left to right:
A. Wise Crack, 8, 6 bolts. Leftmost climb on the wall, up around the corner to the left of the main face. Bolted corner/crack. B. Pocket Fisherman, 11b, 7 bolts. C. Curve of Binding Energy, 12b, 7 bolts. D. Entrapment, 10d X, gear. E. Heart Like a Wheel 10a X, gear. F. Space Goats 11d, 10 bolts. G. Furious Howard Brown, 12a/b, 10 bolts. H. Buried Alive 10d R/X, gear. I. Power Line 11c/d R-, gear. J. Power Line Pup 11c R-, gear. K. American Beauty, 12c, 7 bolts. L. Amber 11d R, 2 bolts plus gear. M. Mercy Drilling, 12a, 6 bolts. N. North Crack 8+, gear. Left-facing corner and chimney; wide. O. The Other One, 11a, 8 bolts. Right-hand prow of West Face.
Getting There
Follow the trail to Surprising Crag, then walk left and around the corner. The first route you get to is The Other One.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for West Face:
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