Right Side

Climb the obvious dihedral of which

Bands of Gold

contrives to stay on the left wall. The first 20 feet or so are the crux. Above, the angle decreases and the terrain degenerates. On 9/23/74, I led Jay Mather up this route, to the top of the rock.

A good one-pitch outing is to climb trad (5.9ish) in the dihedral and up to the fifth bolt on

Bands

. Continue right and up, clipping more bolts and placing gear, but avoiding the 11d on

Bands

. Eventually, you can reach back left to

Bands

. Clip more bolts and climb 5.10 to the top of

Bands

.

This is the obvious right-facing dihedral where

Bands

begins.

SR.