Left leaning crack. Fun climb with some jammin' and jugs and good foot work. 

Owl Out

Limbo

Spectrum

LAWless and Free

Seemingly Useless

Graceland

Slot

Loosy Loose

Family Affair

Pitch 1) Limbo starts on the left end of Lost Bandana Wall in a short corner system. Climb the corner (pro), then onto the face up and right to a bolt. Pass two more bolts climbing up the face to a large ledge above. There's a crack in the back that you can set a gear anchor (might be bolts now). If you only do this pitch, you can either walk off the right end of the wall (careful!) or rappel off one of the fixed anchor setups.

 Pitch 2) Around to the left is a short, but nice dihedral. You might have to move your belay. Climb the corner to the top. Walk off.

Spectrum looks innocent enough, but it's tricky enough that you might be questioning the rating by the time you top out. Starts as a right-facing corner, but turns into more of a slot after surpassing a small roof 15 or 20 feet off the ground. Fixed anchor at the top.

LAWless and Free is a great face route with nice edges and crystals. Starting just right of the classic Spectrum crack, climb up and right to the fairly high first bolt (be careful!), then continue up and over some bulges and scoops past two more bolts to the top. Excellent!`

Thin start to a slabby upper portion that ends at the top block's left most corner.

A fun climb with three distinct sections.  A left facing offwidth that starts wide and narrows to #4 at the top, (turn right) onto a low angle slab layback following the R side of a roof, and the second pitch of “limbo”; a left facing dihedral from #4 to #2.  Can be broken into two pitches to avoid some rope drag.  

Face climb thin sharp crimps to more thin sharp crimps. After the bulges the grade eases. A few tough clipping stances with ledge fall potential.   With more traffic, this route could be rid of of the thin hollow crystal filled flakes that both make it possible and make it interesting especially when they snap, crackle, and pop.

Good beginner climb. Great place to learn smearing. Some good holds. Don't expect much on the granite. 

Lost Bandana Wall is probably the most popular spot at Little Granite Mountain for climbing (of course this is all relative). Easily accessible and with a number of routes, it is a favorite for groups to come and spend the day. The southern exposure makes it a good winter spot, but conversely turns it into an oven in early fall and late spring.

 You can scramble to the top of the wall (or off the wall) via it's right (east) end with a short bit of 4th class climbing.

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