French Kiss

Chris	Local group	Thin conditions	Thin conditions
Spring conditions	Thin conditions

French Kiss is the left most route at this ampitheatre. It is usually climbed as a warmup to the slightly harder Quick & Dirty. The ice on this route is usually quite good. The lower section is a 70 degree slab that leads to a large ledge at mid height. Many groups choose to rap from here, setting up a top rope for friends, and or traversing over to Pearl Necklace to set up a rope. Continuing the extra 25m to the trees at the top will provide several step style bulges. Most people go left to the trees to rap off. While it is possible to walk off through the trees to the left, this does require a little bit of exposed scrambling that looks easy but feels hard. Rapping off is probably the prudent thing to do.