Satan's Alley

Satan's Alley is a powerful climb that takes a straight line through the ominous looking lower cave and up the dihedral/arete feature. We called it Satan's Alley because this is one daunting climb, yet it has some of the most fun and interesting moves of all the routes here. This is one of the most intimidating routes in the Cookbook.

Climb the slab into the mouth of the lower cave. Clip the last bolt on the slab 36"-48" to avoid rope drag. Pull straight through the roof to a good stance. Power another small roof to get established in the mouth of the overhanging dihedral. Once in 'the alley', there is nothing visible beneath your feet except 60' of air and the crux ahead. Nice face climbing leads to roofs protecting the anchors.

There is a fixed belay for this climb. Clip it using the tail end of the rope or webbing.

20' left of the large boulder.

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