Paw Prints

Paw Prints is a 4 pitch mixed route that wanders up the face and cracks 20 feet left of

Dolphin Girl

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Pitch 1: climb up the center of a pyramid-shaped slab following 4 bolts and discontinuous cracks to a 2 bolt anchor, gear to 3”, 4 QDs, 70 feet, 5.9+.

Pitch 2: climb straight up above the anchor, and begin trending left towards some obvious blocks. Follow the bolt line on the right side of the blocks/flakes, and gingerly climb over the final, semi-scary block, and follow a slab up and left to a 2 bolt anchor.  I tried to trundle the blocks out of this section, and they would not move, still tread lightly, gear to 1.5”, 7 QDs, 100 feet, 5.8.

Pitch 3: begin up a flared seam clipping a couple bolts. Follow the bolt line left and up into a cryptic sequence with some good exposure (crux).  The bolt line leads into an airy, 5.9 stemming corner with just enough gear to keep you comfortable and deposits you at a 2 bolt anchor left of a big tree, gear to 2.5”, 7 QDs, 100 feet, 5.11.

Pitch 4: traverse right, and set sail up the slab towards the roof above. The roof is split by a 5” crack, but no OW technique is required as face holds abound. Pass the roof, and follow a 4” crack for 20 feet where the climbing eases. At this point, there will be a hand crack above you that leads nowhere. Instead of climbing the hand crack, follow the left crack system up and left on easy terrain 20 feet to a 2 bolt anchor, gear to a #4 Camalot, 130 feet, 5.8+.

Walk off left and down the gully on a decent trail or rap the route. A double rope rap from the top of pitch 2 will put you on the ground.

This route starts on the left end of Other Mothers, just left of a giant, left-facing corner that forms a drainage.

Gear 0.5” to 4.5”, 7 QDs, and slings.