Routes in Patrick's Point

2 bolt top anchor

2 bolt top anchor.

2 bolt top anchor. Pro to 1.5".

Bolted top anchor with slings.

On the right side of the North Face, ascend the crack the left-leaning crack up to a grassy ledge. At this point either (A) continue up and right across an unprotectable face to the next crack, or (B) walk 10ft to the right along the grassy ledge to find a protectable finger crack. Climb up the blocky crack, pull the roof, and look for the bolted anchor.

Avoid the roof by traversing around to the right. Be wary of a pendulum fall if leading.

#23 in "Bigfoot Country Climbing", Paul Humphrey. Located to the right of Price's Crack. Face climbing leads up to a crux move at a small roof.

Located to the left of the summit stairs, behind the spectacular tree. It looks mossy, and the tree will invade your personal space, but the moves are interesting and thoughtful. Great for beginners. Easy to toprope with a 2 bolt top anchor accessible from the trail. Pro to 2".

Bolted top anchor. Top rope with long slings. The old single bolt on the route is from the first ascent.

Bolted top anchor. Standard rack.

Gear anchor. Walk off descent. Can be aided at 5.6 A1.

Located around the corner to the left of Intimidation.

Left to right traverse.

2 pitches. Second pitch (5.6) is shared with Seawolf. Piton top anchor. Rappel descent.

2 pitches. Second pitch (5.6) is shared with Nautilus. Piton top anchor. Descend by rappelling from piton top anchor.

Climbs up the right side of the stack, between the sea stacks. Piton top anchors. Climb Nautilus or Seawolf to gain the anchors.

Follow the trail across the grassy north slope of Wedding Rock and cross the chockstone to the South Sea Stack. Climb the left-facing dihedral, then head up the slab to the shared bolted anchor. (source: markbutterworth.com)

Located on the black face just inland from the North Sea Stacks on the north side of Wedding Rock. Follow thin cracks up the face. No top anchor. Pro: small nuts and cams. (source: markbutterworth.com)

Thin crack next to High Tide Crack on the north face of the south stack. Small pro.

Thin crack on the north face of the south sea stack. Scramble up the notch (4th class) from the east side at low tide. 2 bolt top anchor.

Hand to fist crack on the west face of the south stack, facing the ocean. 2 bolt top anchor. Scramble to the base at low tide (beware of slick rocks) or rappel in from the south stack summit. Pro to 2.5".

"Bigfoot Country Climbing" (Humphrey, Chemello) indicates a 5.11 toprope route to the right of Low Tide Crack.

Approach from the base of Low Tide Crack. Look for the dihedral up the face of Wedding rock.

1. 80ft Climb the right facing corner. Belay at the sloping ledge.

2. 100ft Traverse around right to a large ledge.

3. ??ft Traverse right for a few feet, then continue up cracks to reach the wall of the summit trail. Walk off.

2 pitches. Gear belay anchors. Small pro. Walk off descent.

Pitch 1 is farther to the right.

Gear top anchor. Walk off descent.

Located to the left of the Wedding Rock trail, this conspicuous zig zagging crack overlooks an eroded slope above the beach. Hand and fist jams up polished rock lead to offwidth liebacking at the crux. Gear top anchor (1" to 2.5"). Easy walk off descent. Pro to 5" with doubles of the biggest piece.

Climb the widening hand crack on the left, avoiding the wide crack to the right. Pro to 5" (a single C4 #5 should suffice for wide pro).

"Bigfoot Country Climbing" (Humphrey, Chemello) describes this simply as "offwidth" left of Clipper Ship and Schooner.

Ascend the crack right of Bon Voyage.

Ascend the crack right of Clipper Ship.

#12 in "Bigfoot Country Climbing," Paul Humphrey. Located somewhere to the left of Dizzy Dial.

2 bolt top anchor.

Ends at the 2 bolt anchor halfway up the wall. Direct start is 7 bolts (consider a clip stick). Alternatively, traverse in from the boulder on the right to clip 8 bolts. Might want to inspect the bolts for corrosion.

Top rope the full route. Top anchor is 1 bolt and a tree.

Tree top anchor. Walk off descent.

#28 in "Bigfoot Country Climbing," Paul Humphrey. Located somewhere to the right of Superstitious.

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