Type: Trad, 1000 ft (303 m), 5 pitches, Grade III
FA: Larry DeAngelo, Karsten Duncan, Raluca Duncan - Oct 2006
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Shared By: Karsten Duncan on Mar 13, 2008
Admins: Luke EF, Larry DeAngelo, Justin Johnsen, Aaron Mc

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This is a nice route that is generally easy climbing and short cruxes. It's only drawback is crispy holds in a few places. It can be most easily identified by a noticeable dark cresting-wave-like roof on the 3rd pitch. The first 4 pitches are long, clean, and fun. Above the route weaves through a series of aretes and buttresses.

Pitch 1: Climb up the face finding the path of least resistance. 195ft

Pitch 2: Continue up and left up to a roof in a left facing corner. Pull the roof and belay.

Pitch 3: Continue up the crack below the wave-like roof. Traverse right on brown varnished rock to a crack at the right side of the roof. Continue up through the roof and belay in the crack above.

Pitch 4-7: Continue up the crack and face to a tree. From the tree move up and left around a buttress to a crack. Continue up this crack to the top in about 2 more pitches.

Location Suggest change

This route lies just to the left of the Hotflash gully on a buttress which is bordered on the left by a bushy gully.

Descent: Use the usual First Creek Slabs descent.

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Standard rack to 4"

There are no bolts on this route. Lets keep it that way.

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