Descent
Rappel route + 3rd to low 5th
We rappelled the route, creating rap anchors at the top of each pitch off a slung horn or block. The slings mentioned in a 2017 post on mountainproject had disappeared, likely due to a few years of wind and storms. We had no desire to reverse the Rossiter Approach 3, so we decided to take Rossiter Approach 2 along Ledge One as our descent back to the base of Arrowhead proper. We liked this way better than Approach 3, but had to rope up to get around a steep bulge where Ledge One meets the South Ridge of Arrowhead Spire (Rossiter had not described this brief class 5 section, but perhaps it is possible to avoid the 5th class by being on a slightly lower ledge system).
(Another descent option—which might actually be better compared to creating rappel anchors and traversing Ledge One— is to not leave any gear at the base of the route and escape north and west over the summit of the East Buttress and scramble to a junction with South Ramp and descend the relatively mellow South Ramp.)