A varied route which ends with its own anchor just left of Benchmarks'. It tends up and right.

Zig Zag

Slipping into Darkness

Thin Mint

Slip-Sliding Away

Benchmark

It follows an "elephants trunk" thru the center of the rock. Near its end, we found the rightmost ending the best.

Easy slab leads to an undercling and the start of the difficulties up a shallow and delicate groove that relents to easier terrain the last third of the route.

Crux moves past the first 2 bolts on a friction slab lead higher up to a small roof. Passing the roof on the left is 5.10a and on the right is 5.8.

Easy entry moves take one to the 1st bolt. The second bolt is side-clipped from out left as is the technical entry to the crux section which is traversed into. Extreme underclings with a strenuous compression move on the steep friction establishes the climber for the following moves to bolt 3. The climb eases considerably thereafter. Take a little care on the 5.9 finishing moves after the last bolt because of the proximity of possible ledging.

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Routes in Slide Dome