Old Bolt Ladder

Skyline Slab Center

This is a runout two pitch route up the center of the large low angle slab that is facing South. The quality is poor with brittle rock, few opportunities to place protection, none of which is bomber, and lots of lichen, pine needles and debris on the rock. However, if you are an adventurous sole and are looking to get away from the crowds and get a little elevation above the trees this might be a worthy objective for an afternoon.

Pitch one: about 150 feet of 5.0-5.1 moves that can feel a little harder than it should at times due to the sparsity of protection, the looseness of the sandstone, in places, and lichen/pine needles/small debris covering most of the rock. This pitch ends at a large and obvious pod about half way up the rock. There are two good looking bolts with chains on them for the anchor.

Pitch two: 150 feel starting with a short, well defined crux ~5.7 or so just above the anchor. The crux is protected with one rusty bolt, but the remainder of the pitch offers little opportunity for protection. After the crux is more 5.0-5.1 low angle slab until the top. This pitch finishes at the obvious pine tree where one can build an anchor on it. Alternatively, there are bolts higher up, but they are meant for the single pitch routes on the other side of the rock.

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Routes in Skyline Slabs