Left Arete

On the left side of the West face of the Whale's Tail, start up route #1, West Crack. As soon as the face to the left becomes broad, head up left and out on the face, near or on the arete which caps the Jack The Ripper roof. The climb is edging and smearing on good holds and good, but sometimes distant gear. A good leader will probably not get hurt on a fall, so I call it "S-" (edit: now known at PG-13).

There are fixed anchors at the top of Jack... so one can rap off.

This route IS worth going to do, but the novice crowd which frequents the area routes West Crack and West Dihedral may be in the way.

Small-medium nuts and cams + tricams. The route is rated S in the books, but it is not terribly runout. I consider it a reasonable lead.