Very fun climb, excellent moves on great edges.

Ents Degree

Return of the King

Elderon

The Burglar

Notched Arrow

My Precious A2

The Company

Dark Riders

Smagel

Fellowship Of The Buttonhead

More great climbing on good edges, with some interesting variety of features.

Very fun climb, more thin edges, fairly sustained but mostly 5.9, crux near middle.

Fun, straight-forward, slab route.  The first bolt is too close to the ground to be useful in a fall, and it is fairly thin to the high 2nd bolt.  Clipping the 2nd bolt may be the crux.

Crux involves avoiding agave growing out of grungy crack.  Decent climb, probably worth doing if you've made the hike, but not the best here.

Follow the thin cracks up, move slightly leftward and haul up the bolt ladder

Relatively easy 5.9, well protected crux near the middle.

crux between last bolt and anchor on featureless slab

Harder start, somewhat slabby thanks to the water polished rock.

This route is slab that increases in difficulty steadily from the ground. It starts out at maybe 5.7 and ends up at 5.10+ near the top. The first 3/4 of the route has a lot of features, then suddenly turns into extremely thin slab for approximately the last three moves before the anchors. Don't assume you have to go straight up the bolt line for the last few moves or it may be much harder than its 10+ rating.

Good winter climbing area with moderate sport routes.  The hour-long hike keeps out the crowds, but it is well worth the approach.  The climbs are fun and the area is very pretty, right along the streambed.  No road noise here.  The wall faces west/southwest and gets winter sun by noon.  Most of the climbs start on slightly water-polished stone then work up to very nice edges.  The wall is mostly vertical, but some climbs are fairly sporty and have fun moves.

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