This is a fun 5.8. Follow a groove to a steep roof. Pull the roof on huge jugs, and finish on a fun, tap-dancing slab. It feels very similar difficulty-wise to the 5.9s on either side to me.

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Start right of the pillar to a ledge, and pull the roof. Once established on the wall above, another long, pebble-pinching slab awaits.

This route adds 2 short pitches above

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for a fun 3 pitch sport climbing adventure. The first pitch is a short pitch directly above the

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anchor to fixed rap anchors on a ledge. The second pitch starts left with aid past 2 bolts (or hard face/slab moves inconsistent with the rest of the route) then continues up the left-facing corner above, exiting right onto a large ledge with rap anchors and plenty of loose rock. This pitch is fairly adventurous for a moderate sport climb.

This route has the best name at the crag!

Move up and right off chossy ledges. Pull the roof, and get established on the headwall (delicate crux). Once past this, pinch your way up a cruiser slab very similar to the others until you reach the anchors.

Finesse through a tricky move off the ground, cruise the middle, and slap your way up a vertical sloper-rail near the end. This is one of my favorite routes of the area.

Considered perhaps the easiest climb on the wall, this pitch starts just left of a blocky, pillar thing. As with most Friends and Family climbs, surmount steeper terrain down low to a long, slabby finish.

Like most of the Friends and Family routes, the crux is getting past the steep lower part and getting established on the slab. This crux is a little harder than the others. Some gnarly choss at the top is the reason for the 1 star quality rating. Make sure your belayer uses a helmet! Short folks might think it's harder than .10b or maybe not.

Do the same-ish start as the climb to the left. Move right to a reachy but juggy roof move. Finish on yet another long slab. This is a fun route! Perhaps it is a bit harder than the one to the left.

This is a cobble clonking climb that follows a flake down low to a long slab finish.

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