Climb the face a few feet left of the obvious hand crack (Old Time Revival).

Cliffhanger

Old Time Revival

Flake of Fire

Lure of Lucre

Once Upon a Climb

Liberty Bell

Zinfandel

Handburger

Silverado Trail

Climb the obvious hand crack, which is vertical for 10 feet and then becomes lower angle with a couple of steep bulges in the middle and at the top. The upper part is surprisingly sustained. A bit dirty.

Climb up a short, somewhat loose face, lieback left underneath and then up the left edge of a large flake, and finish on an offwidth crack. The climbing is good but none of the anchor options are appealing.

Relatively clean, long and sustained, this is the best climb at the crag. Surmount a short overhang just right of the overhanging "bell," mantel onto a small pillar, then climb thin face to a double-bolt anchor. The climb is hardest and most sustained if you climb straight up through the bolts, easier if you move left. Above the third bolt either: (1) climb straight up above the last bolt, which is a bit runout (final move is 5.10a); (2) place a small nut or cam in a groove to protect the final move; or (3) move left and clip the last bolt on Once Upon a Climb for an easier 5.6 finish.

The easiest climb on the crag. Step up on a large vertical flake at the base and climb up a vague crack and face. The easiest moves are to the right of the bolts. VARIATION: Climbing the face within a foot or two left of the bolts is 5.9.

Essentially a boulder problem: surmount the left side of the overhanging "bell" (crack to the left is off route) and then climb up the "liberty crack" to the top, finishing on either Once Upon a Climb to the left or Lure of Lucre to the right.

Climb a short crack to a thin, sloping mantel, followed by face climbing diagonally up and left.

Climb short, thin hand cracks straight up, then diagonally up and left to the arete, then climb the face (protected by a bolt) up and right to a two-bolt anchor.

Climb a steep face with loose bucket holds to a slab with thin holds, finishing on scary, loose blocks at the top.

Cliffhanger

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Routes in Bell Canyon