Greener Pastures

This route is located on the southwest face of the grouse slab , which is a five minute hike around to the left of the main face of Grouse Slab.

From the parking area heading towards the main climbing area of Grouse Slab, this wall is uphill and to the left, and you can see the routes of the Southwest Face on the approach before going around the Slab downhill and to the right.

Once you can see the 9 routes of the Southwest Face from the PCT (this applies for approaches from both sides), head uphill for about 3 minutes on a thin trail through the manzanita bushes.

Greener Pastures starts from the same area as the rightmost bolted climb known as Desire (5.9), and is the crack just left of the chimney known as Huffer (5.6), which is just left of desire.

Climbing starts with a nice attack into a crack system that curves left just under a small bulge and then heads straight over the bulge where the crack heads vertically upwards. Continue up via fun jambs to the top anchor.

The pro is small on this short route, so only solid 5.9 climbers should attempt the route.

small pro to 1", 2 bolts for a top anchor.