Face Dances

One of the more popular routes on the slab; most folk skip P1 and P3 and walk up to the tree belay stance at the start of P2. [R Hall added May 2017]The route (P2) starts on the low angled slab and climbs up through the bulge in the white streak. Clip an older 3/8" bolt at the bulge (crux) and continue up past 2 more bolts to a 3 bolt ( 2 old, 1 new) anchor set for rapping. Pitch 3 continues up to the woods on easier climbing. Rap with 2 ropes, even from the 3 bolt anchor.BEWARE the error in the Handren guide that states the 2nd P is 70feet...it's more like 140-150 ft; in any event even a single 70meter rope (115ft doubled) doesn't get you back to the belay from the anchors. It will, however, get you to the old 3/8" single bolt...if you're into that sort of thing. Should you want to climb the original P1, it’s start is reached by scrambling up left from the toe to the watercourse, then up another 10-15 ft to a generally flat area. Climb up and left, staying left of the obvious flake of Coloring Book, in bushy corner(s) and over some of the only less-than-solid rock on the cliff. Make a few unprotected moves on slab to the tree belay on the left. An Alternate P1, much cleaner and more solid rock, starts about 1/3 of the way up the approach path that leads to the usual start. The same path that leads to the climbs further left: Height of Land climbs and Left Climbs. See photo of topo sketch.

The Mid Section

rack, bolts