While we're talking crystal nonsense, this route begs the question "where did this rock come from?" The only explanation can be some sort of Sedona kookiness. Bouldery start on slopers leads to moving out right and up some of the most beautiful, solid rock in Utah. Steep side pulls and undercuts lead to a trickle mantel, then easier climbing to the chains of

FFOC

. Only wish this were a bit longer.

Like Sedona, Like Windwalker

For A Few Crystals More

Crystal Clear

Bohemian Crystal

Blastoid Variant

The Dark Crystal

Fist Full of Crystals

The point of this route was to stick to the steep line across the face. It starts on Windwalker. After its crux, clip a bolt out left and move into a very cool crux sequence, leading to (black painted) hanger on FFOC. Follow the black hangers into FAFCM.  While not dangerous, falls can be a little funny. Easily toproped.

Start up

Bohemian Crystal

. Instead of moving left on the slab, head straight up the steep headwall via a faint corner system on mainly side pulls and undercuts. Near the top, move slight right on a tricky/thin/cool move, then straight up to the anchors. Chossy at the top, but the climbing is easy to the chains.

DO NOT clip a black bolt out right at the first bulge. I think this is what's spooking people here. This will be removed. It was erroneously place for Blastoid Variant, not used, but still there. It goes this way, forcing a traverse to the next route to the right, but it's pretty bad rock. It is easier, it's just a choss fest.

The crux is getting off the ground. This starts to the left of

Bohemian Crystal

at the corner and climbs directly up and links up with the upper part of BC. Whereas BC has cleaned up quite well for the area and I think a better climb, CC seems to stay it's chossy self. People have asked me about this climb recently, so am adding it at this later date.

There are two lines near the SE corner of

Church Fork Wall.

Bohemian Crystal

is the right bolted line. A route that stands out as the one to repeat over and over again. It is worth the nice hike anyway.

Head up the steepest section of rock. Pretty burly climbing, with slopey moves low, followed by some hard pulls, and then hanging in on diminishing crimps. Feels longer than it is.

Since it went up in winter (sun all AM) and the top was wet. Above this is a no hands and then some 5.10 climbing, so it could go to the top but it wouldn't add much.

Birthday Challenge failure, where this was to be the first of five FAs in a day.

youtu.be/CNJz268oWJo

Umm, yeah.

Bouldery start leads to interesting climbing on , again, side pulls and undercuts.

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Routes in Church Fork Wall