Climbs the right side of a thin fin. An ok warm up, but there are some slightly spooky flakes etc.

Happy Trails

Born Again

A pretty cool route, and also quite steep! But lacking a bit in rock quality. In particular, at the lip of the roof, you must negotiate some large but sketchy jugs. The good news is there's one less after I ripped it off and whipped. Also a bit of a run between the 2nd-3rd bolts.

 The dihedral at the top is pretty sweet though. A fun climb.

I thought this one was pretty great. Though I opted to stick the first bolt after breaking a few other holds on a different route. In fact, the rock quality on this route is very good. It still could be cleaned, but the holds are large and awesome. Takes a line up right through a small roof. 

Born Again (and again, and again) is perhaps the best pitch in the canyon to date and takes a proud line up a bulging and heavily featured panel of stone. It starts under a horizontal roof to the left of Happy Trails. Crank out the roof and sprint to the top.

This is a great warm-up for the area, short and sweet. It is a different feel with face climbing instead of overhanging jugs. And the rock is covered in fossils. Although the bolts look run out, there is easy climbing between the bolts and good stances for clipping. 

Kaibab limestone right across from the Vermillion Cliffs. Expect big holds with some choss, and the bolting is a little "roomy." My guess is there was not a ton of cleaning of these routes but they are still pretty fun. Quick easy approach and a nice camping scene. The canyon itself is quite beautiful.

 JJ dropped a comment on the N Kaibab main page with some more info.

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