Route starts up a 5.7 crack with sandy rock and enters the CAVE OF SHAME! Climb up through cave of shame to the end, and traverse left over bulge with hands in fist crack (#3 cam), then up. Follow slightly zigzagging system of corners with interesting and slightly awkward moves on pretty damn nice rock at this point. Route ends at old cool tree of some sort. Not a Pine, something else.

Steve

Unknown Pinnacle Slab

Awful Project

Follow slanting crack of Steve up to base of Cave of Shame. Traverse left on slippery sandy steep slab moves with underclings and funky pro to crack on left. Rock quality deteriorates significantly and protection becomes challenging/nonexistant. Continue up fist cracks and awkward moves to top. Terrible.

A fairly obvious easy looking pinnacle behind the main Castle Waterman face. The low angle front seems like an obvious (if easy) feature to climb and is probably somewhere in the 5.2-5.6 range. The rock is a bit lose so top-roping may be a better option than leading.

It's possible to set a top rope anchor using trad gear by scrambling to the top around the back side. There are no bolts at the top, so it's necessary to down scramble after climbing it to clean your anchor.

If you know the FA or the name, let me know and I'll change it.

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Routes in Castle Waterman