Climb a hand and fist crack that leans left the first 15’ up to a ledge. Continue up the crack where it goes into a slight corner, then up one more step staying out of the chimney. Belay with gear.Descent: Climb the short rotten crack to the summit, head towards the saddle on the north side of Crenellation Crag then scramble down and left to the base. Or, take the ledge south a few hundred feet to the end of the cliff where it eases up and a short fourth class section drops you at the base.

Sandbag Libations

Biggie Smalls

Mastercard

Fatboy Slim

Crenellation Crack

Garbage Pail

A flaring crack to a short chimney on the left side of the cliff at the corner of the west and north faces. At the small ledge at the top of the crack mantel up and right onto the large ledge that bisects the crag above the chimney. Belay with gear.Descent: Climb the short rotten crack to the summit, head towards the saddle on the north side of Crenellation Crag then scramble down and left to the base. Or, take the ledge south a few hundred feet to the end of the cliff where it eases up and a short fourth class section drops you at the base.

Same start as Fatboy Slim. Around 15’ up step right onto the face under the right offwidth where after 6’ of steep face the chimney is gained. The chimney gets easier as you ascend. Seams below the chimney and small cracks at the back of it provide ample opportunity for protection.Belay with gear.Descent: If you have all of your stuff it’s easier to scramble down to the base of the cliff from the saddle on the north side of the crag. To get back to the ledge at the base of the climb take the ridge south for 150’ to the last and largest gray buttress. Scramble down the north side of the buttress on fourth class terrain to the end of the long ledge or continue a few more feet to reach the base of the cliff.

Start on the bottom right of the north face of Crenellation Crag and climb broken cracks on a large somewhat fractured face. Travers left before the top of the flake to a darker continuous crack that continues traversing left on the next facet of rock. Take this to ledge and belay with gear. Can be combined with the short loose crack, Garbage Pail, at the corner of the ledge to reach the summit of Crenellation Crag. Belay with gear.Descent: Climb the short rotten crack to the summit, head towards the saddle on the north side of Crenellation Crag then scramble down and left to the base. Or, take the ledge south a few hundred feet to the end of the cliff where it eases up and a short fourth class section drops you at the base.

This climb is the left of the two offwidths on the upper tier and starts from the ledge that bisects the cliff. Climb a hand and fist crack that leads into a squeeze chimney. Small cracks at the back of the chimney provide plenty of gear for the first half and the horizontal crack near the top takes hand-size cams. Above this it’s wide gear or run it out. Belay with gear. Descent: If you have all of your stuff it’s easier to scramble down to the base of the cliff from the saddle on the north side of the crag. To get back to the ledge at the base of the climb take the ridge south for 150’ to the last and largest gray buttress. Scramble down the north side of the buttress on fourth class terrain to the end of the long ledge or continue a few more feet to reach the base of the cliff.

A short wide rotten crack at the north end of the big ledge that bisects the crag. Takes gear but is better treated as a boulder problem because of the fractured rock. Belay with gear.Descent: Head towards the saddle on the north side of Crenellation Crag then scramble down and left to the base. Or, hike south a few hundred feet along the top to the end of the cliff where it eases up and a short fourth class section drops you at the base.

This ridge line cliff rises above the hill to form its own little summit and is easily seen from a long way off. The wall is tiered, crests at about 100’ tall, and is well nuanced with many cracks from all of the vertical fracturing.

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Routes in Crenellation Crag