Quick & Dirty

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This is the route of choice for climbers coming to the ampitheatre. It provides two pitches of enjoyable climbing, with the first pitch being the more difficult of the two. Ice on the first pitch can often be quite steep early in the season. A couple of wet streaks can make for plasticy climbing despite cold temperatures. This also tends to create some chandeleiring. A large ledge is found on top of the first pitch. The second pitch has a short steep section about 10m up before kicking back to a low angled ramp to the top. Descent is either off threads or by walking off to the left. Stay near the cliff edge for about 100m, until things open up on the right (climber's left). Head down the open slope to reach the road. You will have to repeat your approach route to get back to your gear at the base. Many people try to cut back to the base of the route instead of heading down to the road. While this may be shorter, the underbrush and fresh snow usually make this a slower option. As a W3, it is a bit of a sandbag. Ocassionaly during exceptionally fat condtions, the climb fattens out enough to lower the angle and make it a solid W3, but don't count on this happening very often.