Where's Vaino?

"Where's Vaino?" is the steep left-facing corner on the left side of Trout Rock. This is a classic pitch of laybacking and stemming with solid moves from bottom to top.

Climb the corner to the 2-bolt anchor at the top.

The crux is a strenuous layback into a stem about 15' up. I got in a yellow Alien and a #2 and #3 Camalot for pro. Above, the climbing eases but is still interesting. A second crux comes at the top of the corner where you exit right. The last pro is a #1 Camalot down left and below your feet.

This pitch is comparable to Tough Situation on the Second Elephant Buttress and a bit easier and shorter than Cosmosis on Bell Buttress. Well worth bringing a trad rack to Trout Rock!

Gear to 3.5". I placed pro from a green Alien to a #3.5 Camalot. Two #2 Camalots were useful. 2-bolt anchor.