Solid for its grade, this route has a steep and tricky start. Pop over a small bulge to a tricky clip. Continue on over gripping and tense terrain to the anchor. Short and packing a punch.

Subdivisions

Primordial Soup

Escape Velocity

Chromatic Aberration

Primeval Atmosphere

Stick figure like climbing over sequential terrain, this is the face climb with the most!

Crossing a vertical crack in the face, this route uses side-pulls, edges, pockets, and a pinch or two...proper reading of this route will be a big help. Starts hard and ends hard.

Cool looking features lead to a roof.  Pulling this roof is quite hard!  The rock quality under the roof is not as good as most of the other stuff at Black Rocks.

A gripping warm up! This steep and reachy route  climbs over edges and pockets to a shared anchor. A balance demanding, tedious crux move awaits the unsuspecting climber at the top.

A doozie from the word "climbing", this highly sequential, highly sustained route will perplex or just plain upset most climbers.

Gripping at its nicest with clenched fists at their finest, you may just develop carpel tunnel after a solid strike at this route. Three fingered pockets, long reaches, a difficult to read sequence...whoa nelly!

There's a lot of climbing in this short 40 feet, and while all of it is great, there's a good chance you won't enjoy it until its over.

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Routes in Shady Side West