Ascents in Sooty Crag

Really awesome

Had a dawdle up the extension and got big confused very quickly so backed off

Yikes

In the sun-ish but had to go back for those wild top moves. An action packed finale for sure.

Goodness gracious that damned crux, mummified finger sure ain't helping

Flash-sight after Matt had a play at the lip. Warm those hips up!

Went right when I should have gone left. Scary whipper haha

Tasty! There was a cool chimney sequence at the top. Used nuts and no cams bigger than a #1. The same rack works well for Abbey Road if you want to travel light

12:20 is a terrible time to start climbing this route unless you want to burn the inside of your skull everytime you look up

Fell on the arete crux with good beta, yikes! Thought I'd do some footwork jazz and then barn-doored off. Excellent rock and climbing.

Tried to pull the moves off the deck. Was excited to get to the lip but this is where it really got fucked. Couldn't figure anything out that wasn't 25/26+ so climbed the tree. Fell on the arete crux with bad beta

Bit runout down low but the gear is decent enough the rest of the way. If you've lugged the rack out for windy row, give this a lead on gear

Probably one of the best 18s out there

Had to head left at the last draw to reach the anchors. Sandbagged!

went right at crux, and surprised that it worked considering the holds looked like they could break if a baby hung on them. balancy shoudery sequence. might say that it felt like a 23 move ? really fun overall.

Fun. Worth a lap.

FFA. Possibly FFA? Was listed as a open project in the guide. Tricky crux, maybe 25?

Awesome with the tree start.

hard. really hard for a 19? thinking more 21-22. be careful getting over to 2nd bolt. miss it and it's going to hurt!!

techi, great top end cruxes.

fantastic laybacking

Nice technical slabbing that coincided with the hour that was warm enough to feel my fingers

Really nice moves. The “New” guidebook isn’t very good for this area.

A little ledge, Harding start

Too cold to enjoy, but seemed very straight forward

Definitely not the best 16 trad route in the mountains, but one of the easier for the grade. Would be a 12 in the Watagans.

Tree start. Mega rock and moves. Super cool.

What a route. Lower half is super cool for the grade and the top is rad stemming

Nothing like a moonboard. Like a harder version of Bartons Effort.

two sort of hard parts and the rest is easy. Broke a footer and smashed my to on the ledge ahaha

Niceish slab with one blank section. just messed my footwork up.

One of the best 16 trad climbs in the mtns. do it!

Really good slab climbing! would reccomend

Good climbing up a semi fused flake! a great warm up

Fun varied climbing.

Difficult past first bolt, else detour via crack. A med. cam helps keep it safe for 2nd.

Really enjoyed this. Engaging climbing