Start on the right side of the face, traverse left under the arching overhang and ascend the first crack through an overhang (5.9). Continue up a slab and finish on Old Tradition 5.7 or move right to finish on easier terrain. Note that Old Tradition ascends a smaller and easier overhang to the left. To descend, rappel the route or walk left (west) and downclimb a short (10') class 4 section at the end of the rock.

Old Spice

Planet of the Grapes

Old Tradition

Synchronicity

Hummingbird Spire, N. Face

The easiest start is on the right side of the face. Traverse left under the arching overhang past the first overhanging crack (which is another route, Old Spice 5.9), ascend a crack through a small and easy overhang (5.7), continue up a slab and finish on a steep headwall (5.7) protected by a nut (and a marginal cam) in a thin flaring crack. To descend, rappel the route or walk left (west) and downclimb a short (10') class 4 section at the end of the rock.Old Yeller is another variation going further around the end instead of up the crack, it is 5.7 as well.

Climb the narrow slab (5.6) just right of the chimney or the chimney (5.6) to the summit of the pinnacle. Descend by lowering off your partner, who anchors the rope while you rappel off the opposite (north) side of the pinnacle.

Short technical/hard small pocket crux at start and fun deep pockets at the finish.

This is the obvious little spire to the right of Far and Farther and above Synchronicity. There may be a couple routes on it, but the obvious easy line is up the north side. Climb the short hand crack, an easy solo, to the top where you'll find one bolt and a crack that takes gear.

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Routes in Hummingbird Spire Area