A fun trad route for all. Climb the crack situated between Blue Mascara & Pop You Up. Neat stemming and jamming up an overhanging corner. Fingers to off width plus plenty of wild face holds. Great protection in good rock.

Marv's Loss

Blue Mascara

Old Goats

Pop You Up

Foreskin

Over the Radar

Lean Years

All You Can Eat

Pigskin

Tennis Shoe Boogy

Dermatitis

Static Cling

Span Man

Juicy Lucy

Goat Skin

Radar Direct

Steady Rollin

Climb up the flaring crack on the west buttress of the Meat Counter.

the climb is pretty self explanatory and is a great climb. The crux is about in the middle and the spine that runs of to the right is awesome.

Start atop the boulder that is immediately left of Goat Skin. As you are facing the huge chockstone at the top of the chasm, Goat Skin is the second bolted climb on the left wall (the first route, closest to the chockstone is Lean Years). From the boulder, climb the water groove to the top of the formation. Step right to the Goat Skin anchor. This can be easily top roped after doing Goat Skin.

This route is a bit strenuous. At the beginning you bear hug the rock going past two black bolts and then around to the right in to a face past three more bolts to the anchors.

route to the right of Pigskin.  Shares the anchors with Pigskin.

This incredible, frightening problem has Chuck Fryberger written all over it. Located on the big boulder to the right of Pop You Up, Over the Radar starts matched on the low pinch in the middle section of the boulder. A few relatively easy right traversing moves lead to a difficult sequence at the arete. Once through the lower arete section a moderate section leads to the lip. The mantle is a scary 15 feet off the ground and is one of the most difficult in the Black Hills. I personally got scared off of it a few times before a successful attempt. No move is harder than V6 but they add up. Just saw its second and third ascents. Super classic!!!

Lean Years is the first route just to the left of the large boulder.  It is a good lesson in delicate face climbing.  The holds are small, and a sneeze or a light breeze could knock you off.  Getting off the ground is the crux.  Some call the first move 5.11d, but it is basically just a boulder problem start at V3/V4.  Try this to improve your footwork, as the angle is very low.

All You Can Eat is 20' left of Blue Mascara.  The route is gently overhanging up to, and through the crux.  Four bolts protect the lower moves and crux, a #9 stopper protects the last 20'.  A little pumpy, lots of fun!

Pigskin climbs a line of huge jugs several routes downhill from the Lean Years.  The line can't be missed - these are some of the biggest chickenheads and jugs you'll ever see on granite.  An excellent first lead.

The hardest part is pulling over the bulge at the top, otherwise very easy crystal climbing.

To the left of the start of Over the Radar is a large jug at 5 1/2 feet. Go straight up and over.

Extraordinary problem with a not so extraordinary landing.  

  Start low on a good flat edge working left to gastons and sidepulls. Eventually the holds run out and a large span to a good jug out right awaits. From here climb around the corner to a easy slab topout.  

  Even though the landing sucks the climbing is superb. People with larger spans will find the crux span much easier (but still hard! V7 as Luke suggested). Shorter folk might just have to all out dyno to the jug or do what Chase did and use those micro crimps in between (V8 as Chase and I suggested).  

  Kudos to Luke on an awesome take down!

Just like the classic cheese burger, the only difference is whats in the middle... 

   Starting on All You Can Eat, follow the obvious crack that diagonals up and to the right until you encounter the bolt line of Blue Mascara. Stay left of the flake and gain the face finishing on Blue Mascara.

this route starts right next to the lean yearsfun short 5.7 follow bolts left to chains.someone took the registry from the summit

Same start as Over the Radar. Start matched on the pinch, shoot right and up to a big jug, and then back left and up to the vein.

Great Problem that has a scary mantle crux. Start low on the north face to the left of a giant boulder. Work the series of crimps into the dish like crimp. From here move up and crimp down on the little black pinch crimp right below the mantle. Adjust feet and throw for the desperate mantle which in my opinion is the crux.

Meat Counter has a lot of good moderates in a concentrated area.  Popular routes range from 5.5 to 5.12, and are all high quality.  Many routes are really short.  A one rope rappel is always plenty.  Routes are mostly bolted face climbs.

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