Routes in Sierra Nevada for selected grade

An unfinished project of Dean Potter †. Recently brought to the public by Chris Sharma.

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Start as Tiers of Uncertainty but then trends left to join the arête at the top.

Start under the bulge matched on the large undercling into a series of steep, powerful moves on small holds.

Low start to 'Indian Rockers'

Left of tree at blocky undercling. Up.

Start as for Excalibur and traverse right to finish up Touch Your Toes.

Established in 1989 by Tom Herbert at 5.13a, since then the crux has broken and now currently it climbs around 5.13c/d.

Take Corona to the top by bouldering through the final dihedral.

This is the free variation to "Wet Denim Daydream".

Orignally graded with 5.11+ (A1). Freed in 2023 from the German Tobias Wolf; More at www.kletterblock.de

The route is on the Northwest Face of the Higher Cathedral Spire and it’s first pitches (mainly) follow the original Grade IV/A4 route climbed by legends Royal Robins and Tom Frost.

1. 5.10 “Splitter”

2. 5.11 “Hand-Over-Fist Crack”

3. 5.12 “Chimney of Horrors”

4. 5.13d “The Guillotine”

5. 5.12 “Royal Ramp”

6. 5.11 “Fissure Ben”

7. 5.13 “KJ Layaway”

8. 5.12 “Guano Arch”

9. 5.12 “Twelve Karat”

10. 5.?

11. 5.12 “Jorgeson Roof” – Likely the “high quality horizontal hand crack” described by Rob Miller

12. 5.9 “Summit Squeeze”

A fantastic dihedral.

A variation of 'Muir Wall'. It takes a line up the centre of El Cap following parts of the 'Muir Wall', 'The Shaft' and 'The Shield', but also includes some 5.13 climbing of its own.