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Description
P1. Climb a wide crack to a tree anchor, 5.6, 20' (many may choose scramble this pitch).
P2. Climb cracks on slab to a ledge at the base of corner, 5.7, 80 feet.
P3. Wander up right-facing corners to their ends. Here follow a finger crack up and left (the crux) to a pedestal with a bolted anchor, 5.8+, 150'.
P4. Climb easy terrain to big ledge at the base of a right-facing corner, 5.6, 50'.
P5. Climb a corner to a bolted anchor, 5.8+.
Descend via 3 single rope or 2 double rope rappels (you may have to rap off boulders on ledge atop pitch 4).
With a single rope:
1st rap: to the ledge atop pitch 4.
2nd rap (off a big boulder or leave gear): to bolts atop pitch 3.
3rd rap: to ledge skier's right of pitch 3.
Then scramble down.
With a double rope:
1st rap: to the top of pitch 3.
2nd rap: to the top of pitch 2.
Then scramble, and make one short rap down pitch 1.
When in doubt, you can always hike around the left side of the ridge (this would take a long time).
Location
Start at the base of the leftmost spine. It is located just above a screefield.
Protection
A single rack to 4" and doubles of 0.4"-2".
Routes in The Spines
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