Climb up to the overlap and directly over it (crux) to a right leaning crack passing a couple left leaning cracks. Continue to a large left leaning crack above and easy climbing to a ledge with a large block and good tree. Belay from tree and gear. Jim Lawyer's and Jeremy Haas' Adirondack Rock has this at 5.6, so that is what i gave it.

Roast 'n Boast

Daddy, Where are You?

Return Home

And She Was

Let's Go Golfing

Men of Iron

Healthy Hobbits

Fat Free Warrior

As She Is

Follow the diagonal crack leftward until you hit the left side of the face.  Follow the shrubs until you get to the overlap, exit the overlap on the right and join the upper crack of Roast 'n Boast to the large ledge.

P1 5.5 G 120' From a low point in the slab, head straight up over some bulges to reach a right rising crack that passes a small pine. Continue following a right rising crack towards the left-facing wall, and move left along cracks to a tree-covered ledge. Also possible to continue to the left-facing wall, follow it up and left, with a slight downclimb to the belay atop P1.P2 5.0 G 75' Straight up from the belay along mossy rock and find a vegetated break in the left-facing wall. Surpass the wall through this vegetated slot to reach a dirty and broken slab. Continue another 20' to a vegetated ledge with a tree belay.P3 5.3 PG 90' Continue up between the vegetation to an exposed slab that ends at a bulging wall. Up the bulging wall onto more slab, and up to the viewpoint.

Up the right facing corner (early crux well protected) to left leaning crack just below the arrete. Finish at a mangy cedar or continue further (5.0) to a ledge with a large block and good tree.

P1 Climb up the Daddy Slab to a cedar tree then cut right onto the Golfing Slab making your way to the tree anchor shared with Men of Iron.P2 Walk up (3rd class) to the base of a small headwall.  Various options here to get yourself up to a nice (but too short) crack.  Top out of the crack and walk up to a tree with tat on it.  Trail to summit views joins here.  Note: you can do this pitch after topping Men of Iron as well.

From the thin ledge on the slab (suggest your belayer anchor to the tree), head straight up angling a bit left in an attempt to find protection, there's a good crack for pro 30 feet up, there might have been pro further left but decided to keep my line.  Keep going to the diagonal blocky ramp and follow it with much better pro, climb over and head to the tree'ed ledge above.

Climb the blank slab with no pro for about 15-20' to a small horizontal crack.  This is the crux and is a series of 3-5 pure friction moves, height dependent. Continue up the face avoiding the large crack systems on the left and right, staying on the slab sections only.  There are 2 other horizontal cracks that offer some rest from the friction-fest.  Finish to the right and at the large belay ledge shared with Roast 'n Boast.  This is awesome and steep for the grade slab climbing!

P1 5.5R 40' Climb the featureless slab below the Golfing Slab to the approach ledge.P2 5.5 150' Follow (very dirty and mossy) left rising cracks along Golfing Slab thru some blocky terrain up toward a lone pine.  There used to be a belay here but the cedars it was on have come off the cliff and are barley hanging on.  Avoid these and continue up the 5.1 terrain to some other trees.P3 5.3 60' Follow the most obvious line to the top.  Walk off to the right.

P1 5.6 PG 80' Climb up the left edge of the Roast n' Boast slab, passed the overlap and up to the tree'd ledge.

P2 5.6 PG 40' Climb up the unprotected slab to the well protectable vertical wall.

Good rock except for the far north end. South end has easy and moderate slabs for beginner leads or TR ranging from 5.2 to 5.6. Summit Cliffs have routes from 5.4 to 5.9.

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