Adeana is the far left route located at Mosquito Ledge, bushwhack you way to the start of the route.  Climb on gear and bolts up the mossy, choosy face into a dihedral.  Then pull right around a roof and climb more wet moss on old butten heads and rusty bolts.  Continue past some alders and more moss at the top before arriving at the anchor.

Adeana

Code Red Left

Unknown 1

Blockhead

Samsonite

Salsa Brava

You Snooze You Lose

Promised Land

Piece of the Pie

Belly Up

Code Red

Code Red starts twenty feet right from where the approach trail meets the cliff.  Climb up a slab with good holds to the center of a roof about 20' high.  Make your first clip after the lip of the roof then pull onto mossy holds for a few bolts staying left of Code Red before getting on to cleaner rock and cutting right to the anchor at a ledge.  This climb can be linked with the second pitch of Code Red and brought to the top of the rock.  Be careful on the 100' rappel.

the trail meets the cliff climb up past the left side of the roof.  The second bolt is located under the roof. Clip 2 & 3 could both use runners to cut down on rope drag.  Pull a roof onto a ledge with small alders.  Continue on face moves past a few small bulges and ledges to the anchor under a pine tree at the top of the cliff.

Starts by scrambling to a bolt 16' off the ground then keep climbing up a dirty dihedral on right.  Exit right around the arete and continue up a dirty mossy midsection and finish on the cleaner upper face on the far right side of the crag.  This roue ends at the right most anchor on the wall and crosses You Snooze You Lose at the half way mark. Look out for loose rock on this route. 

  LOCATION   Scramble to the right end of the crag and look for the right trending sport route.  It starts under a small roof and traverses under bad rock.

Samsonite starts up the dihedral on great holds to a first clip 14' off the ground.  Keep going straight up a small inside corner with good ledges.  The line of 13 bolts will lead you to the anchor.  Rappel the route.  Samsonite is a reference to the greatest movie of all time Dumb and Dumber due to suitcase sized blocks falling off during development but it seams to have cleaned up a lot these days.  Still take care up there.  

  LOCATION   Scramble up and around a corner to the steep section of rock with white streaks.

P1 of Salsa Brava starts up a mossy ramp past scary looking blocks. Follow the dihedral to an arete that will lead to a belay ledge. There is minimal gear opportunity to go along with two bolts on your way to a two bolt chain anchor.  Use some extendable to cut down on rope drag. 

  P2 Climb straight above the top of the dihedral and past a blocky roof near the top of the cliff. Clip and anchor near the large tree at the top of the crag.   

  This climb is best done as a single pitch to avoid possibly hitting you belayer with loose rocks. 

  LOCATION   This route climbs the right trending dihedral on the right side of the roof located 20' off the deck.

You Snooze You Lose is the right most climb at Mosquito Ledge.  This route is located around the arete from Blockhead.  A steep start bring you onto a slab of moss under a overhang.  Pull the roof and climb the upper corner to a tree anchor.

Promised Land starts where the trail meats the wall.  Climb up a small ramp to the first bolt located 20' high and 6' right of an alder.  Pull a small bulge then climb past some mossy face moves before the rock cleans up.  Pass a ledge and finish on a few good face section before arriving at the anchor.  A wire brush would do this route some good.

This route is much like Code Red in that it  should be done in one pitch and can be lowered in one long rappel or two shorter ones. 

  P1  This route starts up the ramp till you reach some good underlings under the roof located 22' high.  Make your first clip after the lip and pull on to a mossy face for twenty feet before the rock cleans up.  Continue up the face to a center belay station. 

  P2  Climb up past a ledge to gain access to steep crux face located on the upper section of wall just below the anchor  This pitch has nice clean rock.  Watch your ends if you do this in one rappel.

Belly Up  has a first bolt under the overhang 10' up the route.  Bring extendable to cut down on rope drag. keep going up a dihedral trending left following bolts up the white streaked black rock.  Keep left past blocky formations to a anchor shared with Samsonite. 

  LOCATION   This route is located 10' right of Samsonite and is the second to last sport route on the right end of the cliff.

Code Red starts twenty feet right from where the approach trail meets the cliff. Climb up a slab with good holds to the center of a roof about 20' high. Make your first clip after the lip of the roof then pull onto mossy holds on well spaced bolts just right of Code Red Left.  At the 50' mark you will pass an anchor that can be clipped with an extendable to link up the second pitch.  Pitch two passes multiple roofs and excellent face climbing up high on the route.   

  It is recommended to climb this route in one pitch then do two rappels to get down. There are numerous ways to get up and down this route so chose the one that works best for you.

Mosquito Ledge is one of the best crag on the Seward Highway. The routes are long, the rock is great (for Alaska) and it is far enough away form the road to hear you climbing partner.  As of 2014 the forest and moss was starting to take over but with a little more traffic and a good scrubbing she will come back to life in a hurry. Climbing Magazine #218 may have voted our humble highway the worst crag in America with a highlight on this crag but it goes to show they dont know shit.

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Routes in Mosquito Ledge