Routes as sport in The Dihedrals

A brilliant, long pitch of Smith Rock crimping. Bolted line just left of Karate Crack. Follow bolts and a few healthy runouts to the top of the wall.

A great route with delicate climbing and fun moves. Start on the shelf on the left side of the Latest Rage buttress and climb an aesthetic face that gets a little harder the higher you go. The middle is tough, but the ending is no walk.

Another technical and balancy Dihedrals climb. A tricky thin traversing crux comes near the top by the last bolt, but the rest of the route isn't that easy to figure out either.

The first 5.14a in America.

Nice face climbing until you reach a small ledge, rest, then up the thin, technical corner.

Several weird cruxy sections broken up by a couple of hands-free stances to ponder your life decisions. The hardest move guards the easy mantle out to the anchor, it ain't over till it's over.

A devious mid-section crux and a brief mono encounter surrounded by a much easier opening and conclusion characterises this route. Get it while it's still standing. The flaky jugs for the first two bolts surely won't be there for long.

The best route of its grade at Smith. With a dynamic crux coming near the top, a climber needs to be careful to avoid getting pumped on the technical crimps and pockets below. The route is perfect in pretty much every way. The falls are clean and the climbing exciting, and this route should be on every climber's tick-list.

Although the route extends to the top of the cliff, the upper section is rarely done. Both pitches together bump the grade to a very pumpy 5.12c with a couple of good runouts at the top. Most ascents of this route stop at the anchors halfway up (5.12a).

If you're going all the way, check out the full Heinous Cling. For most of us, the fun will stop at the first anchor.

Begin up a seam and pockets with an optional gear placement (BD 0.4 or 0.5) in the horizontal crack. Continue up pockets and good holds. Manage your pump in preparation for more difficulties prior to reaching the final bolt.

Same chimney as Rattlesnake, but in front of the lodged chalk stone. Opening move to get into the chimney is challenging. Due to erosion the chimney only starts around shoulder height, so it's a pretty committing move to get lodged in there before the first bolt. Would have felt better with a stick clip for this one.

Knobby route, really nice warm up and pretty route

Battle through the early nubbin and edges crux and then cruise to the finis