Thrash through the class 4 brush off Hummingbird Ledge, dirt and leaves in the center-right of the upper area to get to the top. No pro, lots of dirt, don't pitch off. FA Joseph Healy free solo. (If doing this route in the original style, ignore that "always stay tied in" comment in the Northern Passage Upper description, what the heck, eh?)

Senior Moment

The Warm Up

Yashua

Well Hung

Northern Passage Lower

Northern Passage Upper

Kinetic Flow

Starts from the right hand side of the Terrace off Hummingbird Ledge. This is a wonderful climb and although it appears at first glance that the pro is minimal, great placements appear just where you need them on nice easy and restful stances. An orange Alien fits perfect in the last pocket near the top, but if you don't have that or a similar sized TCU, the upper part is even easier than the lower. Nice all gear climb, if you want bolts, look left 12' and take a deep cleansing breath as they are not there either.

5.11 heading to 5.9 This climb started out hard and with each moss grabbing, dirt brushing ascent and some additional rappel cleaning by various climbers has gradually gotten easier and easier. It may be 5.6 by the time you get on it.  Climb some fun easy steps with gear of very small nuts, small cams to a  yellow Metolius Master cam and small Lowe Balls up 35 feet to a crux directly below a rotting old Maple tree on the edge of the ledge above. Continue up Northern Passage or Well Hung to your car or rappel off webbing on trees.

Traverse in from easy ledges that go to the left, like the FA party, or climb straight up from the ground (harder, less pro) Pass the fir tree on Hummingbird ledge on the left side, and finish up Northern Passage upper or the top of Tribal Therapy.

About 15' feet West of the Maple Tree cluster on the trail, just as the trail dips towards the garbage dump area, is an obvious crack up a small buttress.  It's recommended that when you get to the 1/2 way point at the ledge, instead of clamoring directly straight up over the dirt, that you follow the steps to the large fir tree that head left and try to stay on clean rock where possible.

Northern Passage Upper starts from the left side of the terrace. It was unearthed 2 weeks earlier than Lower and climbed while it was still damp and muddy in approach shoes. 1 bolt was installed for the FA, later removed when Jim Opdycke returned and spent another full weekend cleaning the route off and he shockingly discovered 2 small perfect placements for nuts which had been earlier hidden deep under the mud. There is a perfect short 5-6" crack at top which can be either climbed or avoided by heading left to the large fir tree and up the short face above to top out. A 3/4" cam will work for protection near the top for either variation (unless you just like carrying large gear) and as with all regular climbs, bring a few long over the shoulder length slings to keep the line of pro straight.   It is recommended that folks always stay clipped in as there is a real possibility of this entire dirt ledge sliding off. Disregard this note if you do not see any dirt on the ledge up here.

Clip the 3 bolts to the left of the Warm Up route,  sling the root and head up and slightly left or move right to the steps up the dirt, trying to make the path of least resistance and not heading straight up the dirt thus raining crap onto your belayer. Finish to the top by one of the upper routes.

Description

Protection

Routes in (3) Hummingbird Wall and Hummingbird Terrace