Starts left of With Apologies to Walter B follow bolt line  left of the arete

Just Say NO²

Path of Righteousness

24 Hour Buccaneer

Freedom Fighter

Free at Last

Deal with it Ranger

Old Man Hubbard

Natural Log Cabin

Kunselman's Physics

Let's Barbecue

Bob and Doris

Quarry Crack

Shirley

Narrow Arrow Overhang

With Apologies to Walter B

Narrow Arrow Direct

Mini Air Dangler

Thin Fingers

Like Honey

Salad Fingers

Voyage of the Majestic Glass-eyed Tuna

Higher Learning

Stamper-Holland

Tatoosh

Shirley You Can't Be Serious

Good gear the whole way, bring a good sized rack with a full set of stoppers and doubles in the finger sized pieces.  Lots of finger-locking up corners.  Finishes on steep holds just above a recently cut stump.  Great climb!

update:7/31/2011- The stump has been removed thanks to the valiant efforts of Chris Hensen.  This route used to be called Free at Last, now it's just Tatoosh.  If instead of going up the dihedral, you break right half way up and head up the offwidth, it links into P2 of the original Tatoosh route(4 pitches long, goes all way the to the top of the wall).  There's fun climbing on the original Tatoosh, really fun actually.  I tried to clean it up a few years ago, but it was a FUNNEL of debris.  I dug out the cracks on the upper pitches and loosed tons of blocks, but I imagine the 5.2 section getting to them is still packed with dirt.

Start where Higher Learning ends. Begin with an awkward mantle to a ramp (10b, two bolts), then traverse right on a handcrack below the headwall and go up to a ledge. Go around right for easier climbing to the top.

See topo and overview in the images for Higher Learning.

This great route starts off with a powerful lieback move at about 15 feet, with a great stance just above.  Clip the fixed pin, and traverse left, up a little, and then back right to another stance.  The climb finishes by climbing the crux left leaning seam and face to a giant ledge with two bolts for an anchor.

Freedom Fighter (p1) is the clean looking layback crack directly above Shirley. NAD (p2) is off to the left and Shirley (p2) is the dirty / blocky option a few feet to the right. This pitch is rated .10d in the guidebooks but feels significantly easier. Most likely a typo so I put it in as .10b.

Pitch 1 finishes on a ledge below Death to Zeke (.11a). P2 (5.9 ow) is the dirty crack on the right. I haven't climbed P2 but will likely clean it up soon™ and update here if I do.

This version of Free at Last from the new guidebook is a bit of a rework that combines pitches from the original full Tatoosh, Free at Last, and Voyage of the Majestic Glass Eyed Tuna.  This route is packed from top to bottom with varied, thought provoking crack climbing that will force you to pull on your thinking cap.

Pitch 1 (5.10b, 35m):

Start up the modern version of Tatoosh (well documented here:

mountainproject.com/route/1…

).  Instead of belaying at the normal anchor for Tatoosh under a large perched block, continue up 10 feet of dirty terrain and belay off a tree.  Alternatively, split off about half way up, climb up the original pitch two of Tatoosh and belay at the anchors of WATWB/Just Say NO2.

Pitch 2 (5.9, 35 meters):

This pitch is the lowest quality on the route due to some mandatory dirt scrambling, but it still has a good bit of fun crack climbing.  Head up a clean, low angle V-slot, with a thin crack in the back.  Hike up some dirt and climb some creative sequences up cracks in the corner to the next belay.

Pitch 3 (5.10b, 35m):

This pitch has quite a few cruxes and felt more sustained than pitch 4, but it's all there.  Begin by heading up the corner to the first crux at the obvious roof.  This is definitely harder than 10b if you opt to burl through it, but there are some sneaky tricks to it.  A good stance above the roof separates the next crux, which will require even more creative thinking.  Once at the base of the overhanging ice cream cone feature, head up and left to the third smeary slab crux, protected by a bolt, and finally up and right along an easy ramp to the belay.

Pitch 4 (5.10d, 30m):

Just when you are getting used to the funky crack movement, this pitch slaps you in the face with some hard face climbing past two bolts.  We were a little confused by the bolt placements here.  Start by mantling into a little boxy ledge and clip the first bolt, then climb straight left to a blocky crack.  I placed a red metolius here to protect against a pendulum as I moved up to the next bolt, then reached down and pulled it out after clipping.  Continue up to a right leaning crack and then to the base of the imposing V-slot.  This slot is the real money climbing of the route, but I would HIGHLY recommend taping up to get the most enjoyment out of it.  At the top of the slot, clip a bolt and make a few last moves up and right to the chains.  Give your thanks to Saint Francis before heading down!

Descent:

Rappel the route with a 70 meter rope.  It works best to use the anchor of WATWB/Just Say NO2 for the last rappel, which is climber's right of the couple trees at the top of the first pitch.  The rappel getting there is a rope stretcher.

This route has the same start as Natural Log Cabin (and pre-dates that route). But instead of traversing right into the bottomless corner, continue straight up into the left-facing corner-chimney system. It shares the same anchor as Natural Log Cabin.

To start, either face climb straight up to the corner, or traverse in from the start of Godzilla. The start of the corner has an interesting pinch-grip face move (10+), from which you rock over to the main crack. The crux is the flaring hand jams above.

traverse 3 bolts from the base anchors of Kunselman's Physics to the hanging belay start.

climb the detached flake, clipping bolts to the bombay chimney above.  Pull jugs through a wildly exposed roof to easier climbing above.

This rarely done gem is definitely my favorite single pitch climb on the lower wall.  Runout 5.10 climbing leads to a bolt and some fun 5.11 face moves.  Next is a flared hand crack that can be liebacked (hard to place gear this way), which leads to a good rest and a bolt.  Step right into a spectacular corner with bolts.  Stem and lieback your way to the chains.  May be a little reachy, and probably easier for tall people.  Lowering is not recommended due to lots of rope drag.

Note:  A standard 70 meter rope will not reach the ground if lowering.

From belay at top of Higher Learning, do an exposed traverse out right past 2 bolts (12a), up a groove into a bombay chimney. Traverse back left and then follow bolts up the headwall (12a) to the top. You are now at the highest point on the Lower Town Wall.

Topo and overview are shown in images for Higher Learning.

Nice finger crack with a nice view of the Quarry wall. It's  short pitch but a great test piece for Index finger crack climbing.

This is a sustained pitch. Thin finger locks to a small roof. Nice position. The rock has a slightly different texture to it if I remember correctly. The only bad thing about this pitch is there is a loose block. I have put a black circle showing the location on the topo. Once that block is gone it could possibly be four stars.

Shares the same start as Apologies, but continues straight up the overhanging offwidth. Though it looks intimidating, there is an edge inside, allowing one to layback instead of using offwidth methods.

A classic pitch with a somewhat feared reputation.  Fear not though as the gear is good and the climbing soft for the grade.  Starts on juggy holds and liebacks left of thin fingers before tackling the meat of the climb, a stemming section with few to no small hand holds.

There is a second 10d pitch above that will put you at the base of Death to Zeke, that I haven't done.

This incredible route has a storied history of free climbing attempts but the first integral redpoint of the full modern pitch was done by Ben Gilkison. Start via some ledgy climbing up to an obvious left facing corner with cracks. Climb up the face and corner above past two bolts to an anchor. Continue through the shallow opposing corners above via spectacular tricky stemming moves with small, finicky gear to another ledge with an anchor. Lieback the arete/corner above past two bolts to the roof. There are a couple methods that work, but either way a very physical sequence of moves leads over the roof to a new anchor about 15 feet above. A little runout in spots and absolutely spectacular.

A beautiful route on great rock with a well-protected face crux followed by a perfect splitter 10+ finger lieback to thin hands crack.  Not to be missed, especially because the scary old 1/4" bolt protecting the face crux was recently replaced with a bomber Petzl bolt courtesy of the Washington Climbers Coalition during the annual Index cleanup they sponsor.

Now that the entrance to this route is protected by a good bolt, this thing should become a popular alternative to Thin Fingers and other similar routes in the area.

Right of Narrow Arrow Overhang, this pitch traditionally starts with a beatdown in a difficult wide stemming corner (.11b). An easier and less cruxy method is to use the start of Shirley. Either way, climb up through varied terrain and mantle up onto a small stance at the base of a corner. Layback a flake up a slab and make an airy step-across move left under the roof. Pull the roof past a pin and establish on the face above. The left facing lieback feature thins out just before a core-intensive reach to a large flake. Follow this past a bolt to an awkward stance on a small ledge. Clip the final bolt and begin the crux, a five or six move boulder problem (V5ish).

Good hands in an oatmeal dihedral lead to a spectacular flake that cuts dramatically out left. Perfect hands all the way to the chains.

This great long pitch begins with easier climbing and a smeary corner.  You can get a full-on no-hands rest at the first set of anchors, but don't stop there, the best is yet to come.  Go straight up the seam (crux) to a good hand crack and more superb liebacking.  Most people skip the crux by going right at the first set of anchors, making it not as good at about 5.10.  Warning, a 70 meter rope is needed to reach the ground on this one.

This is a great newer 'variation' that combines the best parts of two older routes, an obscure .12b called Just Say No^2 and the more popular With Apologies to Walter B. Bad rock at the start should be no deterrent. Climb past a bolt to a stance. With difficulty, climb past three more bolts and some thin gear to another stance. Instead of continuing straight up the poorly bolted arete of Just Say No^2, make a bizarre, engaging series of movements to the right around the arete past a bolt to join Walter B for its awesome .10d finger crack.

Above Natural Log Cabin/Deal with it Ranger is this arching corner. Begin via ledgy climbing (some loose blocks exist) and an easy chimney with a pin to the base of a thin groove reminiscent of initial Slow Children corner (but with a much thinner crack). Climb the groove using some small nuts and a pin and transfer into the upper corner (.11). Physical flared crack climbing with surprisingly good gear leads past a bolt (.11). Clip a flimsy looking pin and pull the roof with some trickery (.10+). Stop at the anchor here or continue past 3 or 4 bolts on the arete (.10) to another anchor at the very top of the Narrow Arrow.

From the Narrow Arrow summit area, go partway up Tatoosh, then exit right onto a ledge. Go right on the ledge to an obvious corner (10b) left of the headwall. Another bolt protects the moves to the top, the highest point on the Lower Wall.

For other details, see the beta images for "Higher Learning".

Start by stepping across to the wall from the Narrow Arrow summit. Clip the bolt, enter a 10a flare, go up a ramp, and continue trending up and right. After doing a 10a roof, go right, crossing Tatoosh to a ramp and belay ledge.

For this and other routes in the area, see the two beta images.

This route adds an easier start and a hard variation finish to the classic pitch "Shirley" at the LTW.

First clip a bolt and climb up into the corner system right of Shirley.  When that corner ends place a thin piece or two and step left to rejoin Shirley.  This start is approximately 10+.

Next climb Shirley into the hand-jam pod below the crux stemming on that route.  Reach left and clip a bolt out on the arete, then down-climb until both hands are on the jug flake on the left side of the Shirley pillar.  From here, climb up and left into the oblique dihedral past two more bolts, encountering two distinct boulder problems on the way to the NAD ledge.

I found this route to be a bit harder than its neighbor, Narrow Arrow Direct, but not as hard as the Narrow Arrow Overhang.  While the crux section is short the climbing is powerful and sustained with good movement and the rig makes a nice addition to the hard climbing at the wall.

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Routes in (D) Narrow Arrow and further right