Rack 'em up, Reid

Scrappy 10a up the obvious line of weakness on the eastern portion of Panther Peak. Gear is pretty good the whole way, and the climbing is varied. Direct finish looks like more fun and is harder than original - FRA team caught in a thundersnow storm and had to hurry off.

Description and main photo mostly borrowed from Daniel's cool website

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P1 At the low point on the south face, take the deceptively hard low angle ramp up and left to a big ledge above.

P2 Head up the chimney, and make your way up the crack systems to the left of the steep headwall. Belay where you feel like it, braj.

P3 continue up the same system, angling slightly left to belay at the base of a licheney dihedraley chimneyish corner.

P4 head up through the chimney, curse the bush at the top, and belay where it feels good.

P5-6 Original - head up the 3rd/4th class gulley and then left up a ramp. Traverse off the west side of the summit.

P5 Direct - From the top of P4, climb up and to the righ tof the chimney and then take the cracks that lead to an OW in a small roof. Climb this and follow the zig-zag wide cracks to the summit.

Hike up to near the summit of Panther Peak, and you have a couple options. Scramble up to the top of Krypmtonite on the neighboring pinnacle, and rappel twice if you've got 70M halfropes. Likely you don't, so instead, scramble/hike down from the ridge to the base of the climb on the south side of the mountain.

Doubles from small to 3", singles to 6" if you want the direct finish, 5" for the original recipe.