climb face/cracks then traverse top to anchors over left. In Mike Carville's 1991 guide book this was a top rope climb. It is now bolted.

Solar Winds

Charlee And The Stick Factory

Shadowboxing

Shadows On The Earth

Toby Tops Out

Sun Burn

Perils Of Babylon

Sage Finds The Golden Stick

Climb gently overhanging face just left of main arete. Got it's name from John's Dog. If you knew this dog, you would know why a route is dedicated to her. Brad figured out a way to start the route without using the side wall on the left. It's fun, see if you can unlock it. This start is rated 5.11-

A bouldery traverse leads to easier climbing above

Nice face to a big move out the airy roof.

Easier to start on the far left and traverse into the first bolt.

This is the new 3 bolt extension to "Charlee and the Stick Factory". This extension allows you to climb to the top of the formation, through a deceivingly steep series of powerful and sequential moves. In my opinion, this route has some of the coolest moves in the Emeralds for the grade.

This route is named after my dog Toby, to continue on with the dog theme of "Charlee and the Stick Factory" and "Sage Finds the Golden Stick".

face and thin cracks lead up and left to top of triangular face. Crux just below top.

climb bolted arete - two bouldery cruxes, one low and one high.

(This Route is so new it's not in the new North Tahoe Guide Book) 20' right of "Shadows on the Earth". Walk up a 3' wide ramp about 10', and clip the first bolt. A tricky little move gets you to a good stance and ready for the first crux. Maybe a jam, maybe a sidepull, maybe a wide stem, maybe a high step, maybe an undercling (you gotta figure it out). Now continue up to the headwall and make an abrupt left turn and traverse about as far as you can, then go up and see if you can figure out how to get over the roof. I made the clip at the roof easier as some gumby complained the hanger was too hard to clip so I added a perma draw. Now you need to figure out how to get over the overhang. There are some excellent holds over the top of the overhang but it might be a bit perplexing, getting to those good holds. There are holds there, you just need to find them. After the overhang is mounted you have easy 5.9 sailing to the top anchors. You might tell yourself that the move just before the top anchor is harder than 5.9 but, if you figure out what to do, you'll tell yourself, "that wasn't that hard".

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