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Approach | Park directly in front of Sheep Nose. Hike climbers' trail to base of southeast face. | |
1.  2.  3.  | 1. Sheep Nose and giant booger. 2. Sheep Nose. 3. Natalie on the pleasant approach to the base of the route. | |
Pitch 1 | 5.8. Climb the slabby, right-angling open book crack to the obvious left-facing dihedral, and climb up that to its end and a decent gear belay. | |
4.  5.  6.  | 4. Looking up Pitch 1. 5. Corner on Pitch 1. 6. Natalie nearing the end of Pitch 1. | |
Pitch 2 | 5.9. Climb up and to the right on a steep wall with good features. Climb featured rock on the outer edge of the arete up and around the left side of a roof, and then follow crack systems up to a nice big belay ledge. The crux occurs near the end of the pitch where the corner steepens and a few "slabby crack" moves must be executed. | |
7.  8.  9.  | 7. Natalie starting up Pitch 2. 8. Featured rock on Pitch 2. 9. Corner on Pitch 2. | |
Pitch 3 | 5.7. Head up the obvious chimney above the belay, make a few moves to the right, and follow the corner and crack system to another good belay ledge. Stop here or continue up Pitch 4 far enough to get past the 5th class. | |
10.  11.  12.  | 10. Natalie at the belay at the top of Pitch 2. The start of Pitch 3 is above her. 11. Start of Pitch 3. 12. Pitch 3 climbs the corner on the right. | |
Pitch 4 (Linked with Pitch 3) | 5.4. Climb over a few short walls and traverse to the left on a fourth-class slab all the way to the summit. The 5th class part of this pitch is easily linked with Pitch 3. | |
13.  | 13. 5.easy climbing on Pitch 4. | |
Top! | Enjoy the view! | |
14.  | 14. The summit. | |
Descent | Two options: (1) Rappel. Walk a bit west and then SW and locate a pair of rap bolts.Two raps with a single rope lead you to a ramp. Hike down the ramp and curve around back to packs at base of route. (2) Walk off to the west. We did not go this way but it looked pretty mellow. A short rap might help negotiate a steep section near the base of the formation. | |
15.  16.  | 15. The first rap bolts. 16. The second rap bolts. | |
