A bouldery crux, utilizing a section of dike, starts things off, after which fairly mellow climbing leads to a sloping ledge below a headwall. A bit of stemming gains the headwall, which is rife with incut edges.

Named for the annual Whiskeroo contest, held in Running Springs during it's Mountain Top Days festival.

Whiskeroo

Funkadelia

Good Day for a Hangin'

Long Arm of The Law

Stake Your Claim

Highgrader

Mighty Quinn

Panning for Gold

Scofflaw Variation

Reach for the Sky

Golden Showers

Reaching from an undercling to a distant edge with poor feet is the crux, and once the second bolt is reached the difficulties quickly subside. Large, incut edges gain a sloping ledge below a short headwall, above which a fingery sequence on thin edges gains the anchors.

Originally done without the first bolt and the bolted anchors, all of which were added many years later.

Climb a good crack 20' to where it ends.  From there traverse right for 5' on decent flakes. Continue up face/crack moves to the backside of the crag. Build an anchor or use the bolted anchor of 'Reach for the Sky'.

The moderate climbing up the groove barely prepares you for the crux to come. A good rest at the ledge before the roof allows you to scope out the crux - which may involve a considerable dyno for a good hold thence the top. Fun.

A vertical face leads to a lower angled section below a slightly reachy roof move (crux), and finishes with some enjoyable face moves to the anchor.

Traversing right and back left to

avoid

the crux is the

Scofflaw Variation

(5.10b).

Start about 10' down and left of Mighty Quinn and climb varied face past a dihedral before moving slightly right and exiting onto the exposed headwall the climb finishes on.

The crux is near the end, and while possible to climb directly over the bolt line, most opt to climb a slightly easier line just right of the bolts.

The rock is a little scrappy down low, but the variety of moves, exposure and overall length combine to make this a recommended route for the grade.

Balancy moves to start as you utilize what holds you can and the arete to gain the crimpy crux over the first overlap/roof. Above the holds improve and get larger, with fun climbing leading to the chains.

In my opinion one of the best 5.10s at HVP. An excellent athletic exercise on steep rock with good flakes. There's a tricky little bit at about half-height, but save some strength for the crux finishing moves.

Tricky moves up slanting edges gain a stance below a bulging face with a 3 inch vertical dike system running up it. Power out the bulge and continue up the staircase dike to anchors on a ledge.

Although on the short side, this fun route features a variety of moves with a memorable finish.

This easier variation to

Long Arm of The Law

breaks at the 4th bolt, moving right and then back left to avoid the crux of that route, then finishes the same higher.

Left slanting crack,start on the right side with the pointed exfoliated yellow lichen covered blocks,move up to the ledge into the alcove,then out and head up into hand jams,finish at chain anchors.

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Routes in Motherlode Rock - West Face