Starts off with a lichen covered steep slab then finished with an OW crack that starts about 4 feet off the ground. A good start to Skinflint (5.9).

Looks Good

Skin Flint

Heart Route

Be Here Now

Quran

David's Climb

Tricky Groove

Mecca

This is kind of an odd route/section. It's stuck between the middle of two other climbs: Looks Good (5.7) and Tricky Groove (5.10a). I'm not aware of any ways to avoid starting on Looks Good and finishing with Tricky Groove.

Mixed crack and face climbing up a stem box and then up a general crack weakness to the belay ledge.  So named because of a heart shaped graffiti tag from a long-ago love-struck artist.  Takes a variety of protection. Nuts and TCU's for anchor.

Short but super fun. Climb up the obvious line of pitons and bolts toward the anchor.

Essentially a protectable face climb with 3 drilled pins on the upper section.  Begin up the obvious thin crack to the right of Mecca.  Thin protection in the crack leads to great face climbing up the dark, steep terrain above.  Highly recommended and a full value climb.

Start up the obvious dihedral around to the right from Koran.  Excellent cracks up vertical rock to a cruxy "hump" that protects well and has stymied many a would-be ascensionist.  Pull the crux to a small ledge and then finish in a flaring dihedral with (if I remember correctly) a fixed pin.  Belay from the ledge on top of Mecca, but beware rope drag.

The only way to get to this section is by first climbing David's Climb (10d) or Skinflint (5.9)  

  A twelve foot dihedral protected only by a single bolt. Finger pockets. Finish by pulling yourself up and over onto a moderate slab. Best done if you complete this as part of your second pitch. 

  Descend down Sharks Fin Gully.

Scramble up to the ledge (or belay from below) to the obvious splitter crack (one of the Butte's few).  Funky moves lead up to a couple thin hand jams which is the crux about 10 feet up.  This is quickly followed by a perfect hand crack that slowly widens as the climb progresses.  Certainly one of the best climbs at the Butte. 

  Single set of cams to 4 inches.  Nuts and TCU's for anchor.

The narrow buttress end of Thumb Butte with some of the best climbs that the Butte has to offer.  Typically shady. 

  Routes from left to right are: Heart Route, Mecca, Quran, David’s Climb and Skin Flint.

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Routes in Mecca Area (Northeast Face)