Thread the Needle

Thread the Needle is a super fun sport route up the South face of the Roughneck. With a light rack, it can be combined with the upper pitches of

Exfoliation Station

for a fun 4 pitch adventure. The first two pitches can be easily linked.

P1. Start at the far left of the South face buttress near large fir trees climbing past 7 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor. Staying left of the bolt line can make the climbing a few letter grades harder, but monkeying up the large flake on the right is easy fun, 70', 5.10a.

P2. Continue up the wall

Threading the Needle

between

Exfoliation Station

and

Key to the V Door

, 11 bolts to 2 bolt anchor, 5.10c.

Rap route, or continue up

Exfoliation Station

.

The first fully bolted face you get to at the Roughneck, Thread the Needle starts near some large fir trees on the left side of the South buttress.

14 quickdraws.