This steep arete sits around the corner to the left of the other routes and like its name, is in the shade all the time. The climb starts with technical pockets and edges up to a big pocket jug. From here a quick layback up the arete leads to a double sided flake/rest. The clip after the rest is very difficult (esp. for short people) and there is velcro for setting up a "reachable" long draw. The next section is the bouldery crux moving out left to gain a large hueco. Steep jugs lead from here. Great bouldery route other than the hard clip.

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Maltese Falcon

Porridge

A long chossy slab leads up to the first bolt.  At this point the route becomes steep with long moves between really good holds until a small overlap/undercling.  The crux follows with hard technical moves off of sidepulls and crimps.  The crux is relatively short but tricky.

The first half of this route is slab/face, the second half follows the large left facing dihedral to anchors near the top of the formation.

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Routes in Maltese Falcon Cliff