Climb up the 5.9 hand crack until the point where the original line heads out left.  Get some gear and head straight up the face on tiny edges ending at the flake (11b R).  Continue up on easier ground to the big ledge and belay.

Mirror Crack Direct

The Talon Roof

Line on the Mirror

Mirror Crack

Entrance Exam

The Talon Roof is a fairly brutal and awkward Taylor Canyon gem. Climb a corner to an over-horizontal roof crack.

This is the bolted line between

Mirror Crack

and Fine Line. It has a solid crux down low.  Pull through a bulge on amazing holds.  The line continues for 120 more feet of sustained face climbing.

Mirror Crack is a way cool route. You can clearly see this line on Rosy Lane Wall from the sister route Angel Dust on PCP pinnacle. You can also easily scope the climb from the road or the Rosy Lane campground on the opposite side of the river from the crag. As you look at the main wall some of the most obvious features are the prominent straight up splitter crack that starts about 1/3rd of the way up and ends at the pronounced flake that juts out left at about the 2/3rds height. Where as Angel Dust is a very straight forward crack climb Mirror Crack is more diverse and engaging. I believe there are two cruxes on this climb. The first and 'physical' crux comes early. Turning the bulgy overhang on what was traditionally the 1st pitch. The second and 'mental' crux comes at the end of the splitter crack. Turning the flake that sounds like a gong. After that it is a moderate romp to the top. We always walked off the back side.

This is an overhanging corner with a crack in the center. This corner/crack is short, but it is the crux. It is a perfect way to reach

Mirror Crack

Ledge.

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Protection

Routes in Rosy Lane