Arete R of Mole's Corner. Start direct. Last moves feel a little airy, but safe. Good training for the gritsone!

Reductio Ad Absurdum

Mole's Corner

Telegraph Crack

The Stranger Within

A short but beautiful almost laser-cut corner with a small roof to finish.  This route would be classic if it was 2-3 times longer.

Telegraph Crack starts with a small roof move and contains fingers to large hands moves between stances.

This climb looks like a pile from a distance, but is actually quite fun to climb with its mixture of jams. A fun moderate option.

Climb easy, featured corners 10 feet to the left of Telegraph Crack until a leftward traverse along a foot rail takes you to a small bulge. Pull over with crimps and seams and continue up the steep slab on small features. The crux comes after the lone bolt and involves a tenuous rockover to the left on minuscule crimps. Easy featured slab (dirty!!) to the top.

The Horniak guide shows a bolted anchor lower on the face, but we did not find it. Instead there are two very rusty cold shuts on the ledge at the top of the wall. I would recommend traversing right to use the better anchor for Telegraph Crack about 6 feet lower. The author also suggests 11c/d for the grade, but that seems like a hefty sandbag. Go up there expecting a 12- with spicy gear, friable footholds, and lots of lichen. In its current state, the route seemed like a harder onsight than Bell Bottom Blues.

With replaced anchors, a heavy cleaning, and--dare I suggest--another bolt or two, this route could become part of the typical Snowshed circuit.

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