An excellent beginner route with a little spice to make it memorable. Climb into the deep corner and either place gear early or step up to the first stance and plug a piece here. Follow the thin crack as it widens, stemming out to the right. There are some loose chunks in the broken cracks on the right face, but they are easy to avoid. Eventually make an intuitive, airy step to the right. Consider your second and place a piece before pulling on jugs to the ledge. A few more awkward moves take you up to the anchor ledge 10' above. From here you can set a top-rope for Divine Wind.

Exodus

Crystal Hunter

Electric Everything

Screensaver

Primordial Soup

Goldfingers

Fisticuffs

Winds of War

Life as We Know It

Divine Wind

Mind Games

American Girl

Dangerous Breed

It Takes a Thief

Windows of Your Mind

Chrome Sister

Reingirl's Diheazy

Punters in Paradise

Cast of Characters

Sisters of Mercury

Log Jam

Miss Adventure

P.C.

What's Your Motive?

Mountaineer's Route

Chicken

Nouveau Riche

Red Fox

Gym Droids

Tapestry

Red Sun Rising

Climb the colorful, ledgy corner with very small gear (micro- or ball-nuts) to a slithery mantle. Use finger pods in the thin crack but step right to the wider crack. Utilize both and some creative body position to move through the crux to a stance. For the grovel finish, step left along the horizontal, then shove a knee into the wide crack and then beach whale onto the anchor ledge. Otherwise climb a series of hand cracks to the right side of the ledge then walk across it to the anchors shared with Reingirl's Diheazy.

Vertical crack with good edges and a stance through the first 25ft.  Place gear where you can before reaching the crux move, clearing the edge to a stance onto the slab and into a finger crack.  Expect that the crack could be dirty and the slab mossy.  Once over the crux move up through several easier moves and then traverse slightly right to the bolted anchors shared with the three other routes on the wall.

An excellent moderate trad climb! Make your way past/around the moss to the crack below the overhangs. Step left around these features to the crux left foot smear to a blind reach over the lip and thank-god-jugs. Move right then back left, heading for the obvious anchors. Step around a corner and then stem out to get a secure stance to clip the anchors.

Route starts at center wall where the wall is set back a bit, obvious mini-ledge steps up to bush and crack at right hand.  Route then traverses left  about 8-10'.  Route continues up left side of bulge with thin holds up to crack that veers right and then up to the anchor above.

This aesthetic thin corner crack climbs decently well and features a couple of museum/trashcan quality fixed pieces.

 Start just left of Crystal Hunter and work your way up and left through blocky jugs and decent, if not obvious pro, to a good stance at the base of the dihedral. Finesse your way up, passing a nauseatingly old and rusted fixed nut and pin (it holds!) to a powerful crux exiting the dihedral. Continue up and left to the anchor shared with Miss Adventure or right to the anchor for Crystal Hunter and Winds of War.

A fun top-rope boulder problem. Leap, jam and claw your way up Fisticuffs until it ends at the mossy ledges. A good one to do after climbing Goldfingers or Reihnhold’s Diheazy.

Make easy moves to the first bolt, followed by a short, technical crux getting to the second bolt. A couple of easier, but not give-me moves will bring you to the true crux: finding your way up onto the dirty slab just past the third bolt. Once onto the slab, clip another bolt before arriving  at a shared anchor with three other routes.

Start in a vertical fist sized crack with face holds just left of Red Sun Rising.  Follow the crack up to a stance left of the small roof.  An easier line goes further left to a single bolt (clip with extended sling) before the short crux sequence going back right over a small bulge, up to a ledge, then continuing right to the anchors above the roof.  Generally good quality rock, stances for gear placement, and fun climbing makes this a good option for a newer leader. (5.8) 

  Alternatively to heading to the single bolt, once above the crack stay closer to the roof following smaller cracks and jugs (crux) to end at the same anchor.  (5.9)  

  Anchor shared with Red Sun Rising and It Takes a Thief.  Both of these routes can be top roped with a redirect.

A sweet little arête climb that culminates in a desperate lunge. Very bouldery and fun. After the arête, Divine Wind joins with Exodus. Bring a few small cams to protect this final section of easy climbing.

Roof lovers rejoice for this one is sweet. Get through that impressive roof and it's over, right? Hah! Well I won't give too much away.

 The second half of Mind Games joins up with Chicken so bring some cams with you.

Head up easy broken steps to a corner crack and follow it up to a small roof and top out left to a blocky slab and bolted anchors. 

Step up into the dark alcove. Jam, layback, and stem your way up to a stance. Dig deep and bust your way up to the overhanging crux. Utilize crack technique and get your feet way up in order to push through. Scramble along juggy ledges to the anchor shared with What's Your Motive.

This route takes more technical climbing skills than the average 5.10 does. Work up to the holds below the giant undercling flake, and then figure out the slick crux, and pull up and around the roof and then head up and left to the anchor shared with Red Sun Rising. This can be done with just bolts, as the last 20' is pretty easy, but if you aren't up to it, bring gear to 1".

Locate the triangular inset features along an obvious crack. It starts off overhanging, so plug gear early and pull through a stance in the "window". Step out right and make another, more strenuous move that can be eased with creative body positioning. Once in the dihedral, it is best to go straight up and then make a final step out right. Otherwise, step out left to another ledge above Red Fox.

Route starts in a flaring slightly wider crack, comes to a stance below a thin crack with a bulgy overhang and then cuts left to the Sisters of Mercury anchor. Fun, just wish it was longer.

This is a combination of Reinhold's Dihedral and Girl Crazy. These were done at different times by different people. The old anchor at 30' has been removed and now there is one distinct quality line.

 Start up the diagonal corner, stemming out and feathering in gear where you can. Balance and power through thin moves and mantel onto the ledge. Step up a few blocks, get a 2" cam in the slot, then slither onto the next ledge. Continue straight up the line of bolts, making use of incredibly ergonomic holds on the face and around the corner. Keep pulling until you find yourself in an awkward off-width finish.

Start in an alcove right of a dead madrone tree or just right of this at an easier seam through a slab. Move between diagonal breaks in the shattered arete and then step right onto the slab. The vertical crack has good placements for smaller cams but the gear gets tricky due to questionable rock around the crux. The holds are solid though. Make a strenuous series of moves up to the flake and step left. The route eases significantly from here but remains engaging. Follow the hand crack up past a series of small ledges, over a horn of rock, and up through more slabby hand crack fun. End at the big ledge below the fir tree.

Scramble up to a low ledge, step right, then climb a brief undulating crack to where it joins with Nouveau Riche. Take a brief detour around the thin crack and back left as it widens at another stance. Punch it up into the wide crack that thins to hands, then to fingers. Make use of some convenient features for hands and feet on either side. Get your butt up against the horn then make a final pull up to the ledge.

To the right of the Divine Wind arete is this unassuming dihedral. Start on a mossy slab and make your way into the steep corner. Make steep moves on big jugs to a ledge. Continue straight up a brief hand crack to a new anchor shared with routes to the right.

Stout opening sequence leads to good jams and a stance. A few more moves leads to a short left traverse on good holds. Finish out the route in the stellar crack splitting the headwall.

Climb into the chunky blocks up towards the splitter finger crack. Plug gear then pull up to a stance. Continue up this crack to another ledge and trend left underneath the roof. Step back out right using the technique of your choice (jamming, laybacking, crimping are all options) and mount the anchor ledge.

Getting off the ground is the first crux, followed by the strenuous beached whale maneuver required to pull over the slope-y lip. Once you get the sequence the bottom gets easier but haven't yet found a more graceful pull over. Mellows out after you pass the hump. Definitely going back for more.

A tricky little face climb that will keep you guessing. Nice climb to do on a warm day as it gets a lot of shade.

Easy climbing over dirty, blocky ledges to the right of Winds of War.  Clip the last bolt of WoW before moving up to the shared anchor.  Fairly unremarkable, but good practice for a new leader, or to set up TR for other climbs on the wall. *Beware the bush growing out of the rock at the first ledge is poison oak*

This is probably most often climbed as an easy way to setup a top-rope for Mind Games. There are multiple variations.

 To keep this at 5.7, do not climb it the way Olson's guidebook indicates. Climb up to the first bolt and layback the crack (ignore the spinning bolt, I'll chop it soon) up to the roof and step right. Pull onto the midway ledge, clip the bolt (probably want an extra-long runner here), then scoot left around the corner onto the slab. Shimmy your way horizontally across this for about 20' until you encounter a left-arching thin crack. Find the hidden jug, step left, then prepare for the final move. The holds are all there but it's a strenuous pull. Once over this final bulge, scramble upwards to the black Metolius rap hangers. Lower off your own gear or rappel straight down and you'll go over the Mind Games crux roof.

Alternative 1 (5.8?): Take the line indicated in Olson's guidebook; step left where the hand crack cuts right under the roof. Try not to step on the obvious "diving board" feature as it's loose. Pull up into the slot then make an awkward, reachy move to get over the bulge. The above route description joins here.

Alternative 2 (5.9?): From the midway ledge, climb the Gym Droids extension to the new anchor. Stemming and technical but not-too-hard moves get to a small ledge. Do not pull on the big loose chunks - they're not necessary anyway.

The route starts with finger-locks and face holds through a slight overhang. Pull through this quickly to avoid a pump. Next is a thin layback crack, which may be the crux for some. Once atop this, step right to a hand crack through a bulge (easier than it looks), some scrambling up to a stance below a bunch of large chockstones that appear to be solid. Step left around these using long runners and you've arrived at the anchors.

What appears to be a beautiful dihedral climb hides a nasty secret. Make bouldery moves on the protruding features at the base of the crack to get into the corner. Watch out for the poison oak here. Climb this wonderful feature, utilizing holds and chips on the right face, to get up into the wide crack with numerous chockstones. Find the key hold and don't be afraid to grab the chunks... it might be impossible if you don't. A non-locking finger jam may give you enough purchase to get your feet on whatever and pull left and eventually get a real finger-lock. Pull desperately into the victory romp. End at the ledge that shares an anchor with the leftward-finish option of Windows of Your Mind.

The route could start just left of Life As We Know It, but that option is currently choked with poison oak. Instead, start as for Chicken, heading up and right, avoiding poison oak at 20'. Pull through a brief tricky sequence onto a ledge. The route used to end here, but I added a 20' extension to a new anchor (8/19).

 Step towards the back of the ledge and stem up into a stance with good holds and a crack, but suddenly no feet. Note the old raven nest immediately to your right. Make a technical but not-too-difficult move to snag the horn up and left, pull up to a small ledge, and you're at the anchors.

Note: Don't pull too hard on the blocks up and left of the anchor - you don't even need to touch them, really. I yarded on them and they didn't budge but time may loosen them.

Start as for Divine Wind, climbing the featured crack up onto the slab. Get a cam into the good left hand hold before making a move up and around the corner to the right. Step across to a stance below the overhang. Reach up and clip the bolt, then work your way up the arete. Make a hard reachy pull onto the ledge, then scramble up a couple more steps to the last fun move along the crack to the anchor.

Boulder up an unprotected and balance-y seam about 15-20 feet to easy ledges below the roof with a lone bolt. Place a couple finger sized cams from the ledge, then make steep moves to reach the bolt and pull through the roof. If you don't want to deck, place a bomber nut in the crack about a body length past the bolt, and that same crack also takes a 1-2 inch cam once you stand above the roof. Easy terrain leads up and left on ledges to the anchor.

Far-right wall featuring mostly trad routes. There are several great bolted routes interspersed throughout the wall.

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