The route is slightly overhanging for the first 35', so you might get a wee bit of a pump.  But the holds through the schist are real positive!  The crux is some steep reachy moves above the schist, moving into and up left out of a shallow pod about half-way.  The route has lots of fun moves on great holds, with excellent pro.  The original 5.9 rating may be a little soft.  The name comes from a massive snow storm on 6/9/95 that delayed it's creation for a few days!

Emergency Snow Route

Ate One Today

Bruiser

Evergreen

Summer School

Kiss My Aspen

This route has it all;  overhanging schist, steep crystals and knobs, friction, jams, excellent pro, nice rests, all finished off with a SWEET 5.10 offwidth!  The route starts just to the right of the prominent crack that splits the south face of Pine Tree Rock.  Crux is pulling the bulge half way up.  By the way, you can finish the offwidth a couple different ways.  Either crawl inside for a true offwidth experience, or jam the crack and work your feet up on the outside.

Shares a start with Evergreen. Scramble up the boulder and traverse in from the left. Clip the first and second bolts of Evergreen. Use extended slings to reduce rope drag. Veer right, following the bolt line up the slab to the top. 

  Long route. A 70m rope barely gets you to the ground.

This route you can either start by pulling the roof of traverse in from the left and climb the left bolted line. Great holds all the why up.

Make just two moves to the left, and you are 30' off the ground!  From the base of the big crack that splits the S side of Pine Tree Rock, traverse left 15', then climb the schist for 20'.  Traverse left, then up (5.10 crux) on small holds to the base of the pillar on the SW side of the face.  Start climbing the pillar, and then decide if you want to GRADUATE, using the 5.8 finish up and left, or SERVE DETENTION and finish on the very steep 5.11 face above!  As with the other two routes on this face, you get a lot of variety!

Start this climb up on the ledge behind Shrub and to the left of Evergreen.  Thin crux. 

Pine Tree Rock is home to several moderate to hard, well-protected sport routes;(all L to R) Kiss My Aspen .10+, Evergreen .9, and Ate One Today .10b, on the W side. Summer School .10+ or .11(var), Bruiser .11-, and Emergency Snow Route .9, are on the SW side.  All routes have rappel/lowering anchors on top.

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Routes in Pine Tree Rock