Tom Helvie started this route several years back. There had been an old top rope on it for years. I started asking him about it in late 2017. He said if he didn't finish it that season he would open it up. A few seasons and a couple of more years went by and it was never finished. I asked him again about it 2018 and 2019, he said if he didn't do it Fall 2019 he would for sure open it up. I returned this spring to find it still undone. I redpointed the route June 2020.

5 bolts, Gear in order of placements: #2, .4, .4, .75, small wire, .00

Climb the pillar to a stance, lieback and tech your way up the crack to the seam and onward to the slab before continuing up a crack to the anchors.

Halo of Ignorance

Ex Poser

Shawn's Route

Old mystery route

Hot Tip

G.E.D. (Git 'er Done)

Bearhug Arete

Fall Guy

The Poser

No Posing

Dirty Sanchez

O.E. (Old English)

Birthday Boy

The S.A.T. (Slab Aptitude Test)

For the Love

Climb the blunt arete to an exciting finish.  Great quality rock.

This is the grove to the left of SAT. Lots of traversing back and forth to get up this friction slab.

This is the obvious groove to the right of SAT.  Harder than it looks.

This is the route to the left of the Oser Wall.  There is some old webbing on some hangers? about 50 feet up.  Right slanting hand crack.

Techy face/slab climbing protected by 5 bolts (crux) leads to a pleasant finger crack (5.10). After the crack clip another bolt and possibly place another small cam before reaching the anchor. Lower Off.

Begin up flakes through bulges to a tricky, balance move to gain good holds and a ledge.  Cruise through an easy crack/corner (opt. cam) to intersting dihedral/face moves, heading left.  Hard moves lead into a right leaning layback. Pull into the corner and mantle onto the final ledge.

This is the obvious arete just before reaching the Oser Wall.  Has a high step start above a small roof (watch the shins).  Several distinct hard sections each followed by jug rests.

This fun little route starts on a pillar with a high first bolt (5.8 to reach it) and then continues up and right through a fun little crack (hands/fists). Clip a bolt and head left on cool jugs and do the first crux. Head up Moderate terrain and get ready to pull over an awkward but cool downward facing flake to gain the anchors. Overall a pretty fun route!!!!

Fun climbing through often-crunchy features defines this route.

A bolt protects the "5.9" crux. With some cleaning-by-ascents, this will be a great route!

Follow an attractive looking crack that moves up and to the right.  It is a stout 5.9 and a little dirty, felt 5.10a to us.

Dirty right leaning crack just left of SAT.

70m of varied climbing in a beautiful corner. Start with easy scrambling to the corner, climb the offwidth with face holds. From the ledge climb on the right face via a splitter 1"-2" crack, trend left back to the corner and finish up the varied cracks. Two single rope rappels brings you back to the ground.

This amazing, visionary line tackles the center of the impossibly smooth looking slab.  The rock is primo, perhaps the best in the canyon.  It is also nearly blank, and should please any slab aficionado.  Expect continuously bouldery, mentally exhausting slab climbing for a long, long time.

To the left of Fall Guy (shares an anchor). Climb overlapping features to a water pocket seam to overhanging underclings out a roof. Long sling on the last bolt could be useful. This bolt was originally placed by some else when the route was a project as a directional.

Not sure the grade-get on it, tell me what you think.

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Routes in Oser Wall