Best Arete Climb?!

As a follow up to my previous post, I want to hear what everybody’s favorite arete climb is. In particular, the best arete in the southeast, but if you have a cool one in another part of the country I’ll allow it. It can be trad or sport, just as long as it follows an arete in some way. Personally this is one of my favorite type of routes, but I’d like to hear what everyone else has to say!

There’s rock climbing in the southeast?

Blade Runner

It’s a 3 pitch beautiful arete well up off the deck with great exposure. It’s in Red Rock

Under the milky way, summersville lake wv

WG on cannon cliff.. 

It's that left skyline. unfourtunatly most of its missing in this shot.. This thing usually feels like an arette. 

A better shot of WG

Celibacy feels a bit like an arette but its probably  considered face climbing. 

Bullet the Blue Sky in Penitente canyon is pretty damn cool.

Sorry it's not the southeast, but I'm not gonna let one of these threads go without Rumney appreciation

Predator 

Livin' Astro

Chain Reaction is the best.. debate over:)

New Hampshire:

Wild Life

Mango Tango at the New is one of the prettiest aretes I’ve ever seen in person, and it meets your SE criteria. I definitely never touched it! But it sure looks nice 

Bug Boy wrote:

There’s rock climbing in the southeast?

Nope; never has been, never will be. Rocks actually don't even exist east of the Mississippi

Bug Boy wrote:

There’s rock climbing in the southeast?

Nope, none... zero climbing. No reason to come here at all

Ethan G wrote:

Nope, none... zero climbing. No reason to come here at all

Sweet wasn’t planning on it ;)

Amandla 

https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/107333643

Last pitch of Cosmic Wall (more of a ridge) and Ney-Palm Arete (haven't done it but it looks sick).

Arete Style Dysfunction

Does it count if it's on the south-east aspect of a formation?

Scirocco

Not in "the" country, and not exactly a pure arete climb. However, I should think this route rates pretty high in the category (never mind the three-star rating: it seems that guy backed off early and was in over his head): 

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/109933546/excuse-me-senora-give-me-la-hora

Adam Gallimore wrote:

As a follow up to my previous post, I want to hear what everybody’s favorite arete climb is. In particular, the best arete in the southeast, but if you have a cool one in another part of the country I’ll allow it. It can be trad or sport, just as long as it follows an arete in some way. Personally this is one of my favorite type of routes, but I’d like to hear what everyone else has to say!

Have you scoped Vapor Lock? 

edit: just noticed no photo on MP, maybe I'll snap a photo next time I'm there. 

Also, this one. I've only seen it from the top after climbing nearby routes, but damn. 

Ethan G wrote:

Nope, none... zero climbing. No reason to come here at all

Mr. Mann is funny funny, isn't he? But alas, like you said... no climbing over here. Just pebble wrestling and four-wheeling ;)