Bending Nails

An OK route that provides an alternate place to link up Tier 2 to Tier 3 other than

Finish Carpenter

. This climb is worth doing once and can be anywhere between PG-13 and X rated, depending on how you opt to finish it.

From the slab belay on the middle of Tier Two, climb the 5.0 slab to reach a network of curving cracks and flakes that shatter the bottom of the more vertical wall. Start up, place some protection for a few meters, then dodge left into other cracks (and protection) or go up and right into a slightly scooped face on a clean slab (no protection) and up to the rap anchor on the starting ledge on the approach.

This route lies just left of

Finish Carpenter

. It is best started from the slab belay above the several Tier Two routes.

A set of cams will protect the route where it is protectable. The right side alternate finish is 5.7+ slab and is unprotected with long ledge fall potential. The "X" on Bernard's S. St. Vrain book topo does not indicate the presence of a bolt, it is a notation of the protection rating. Specifically the lack there-of.