Climbing Updates For The Highway 50 Corridor and Along Highway 88

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The northeast face stays a bit cooler than the northwest face. Because of that, large piles of snow may linger until the end of June.
 
 
H. "French Tickler", for all the bumps and ridges; 5.7+. FA Jerry Klatt. The 5.7+ portions are the first bit of "Old Camp Dihedral", the move off the first sloping ledge, and a mantle near the top. Place a piece of gear as high in the dihedral as you can from the top of the block at the bottom, climb up to the lowest small foothold to the right of the corner, clip the first bolt about head high, and step out right and onto the unlikely sloping ledge. High step, mantle, reach, to move up to next bolt.
Various ledges, edges, and mantles, mostly 5.6. Five bolts total. If snow persists in the corner, approach the climb via the handholds on top of the block at the base of the left face.
 
 I. "Old Camp Dihedral", 5.7+. Certainly one of the flagship climbs here. Onsight FA Jerry Klatt. Nice little edges here and there, with two short pure lieback sections. All gear.
 
J. No name, TR. The sharp edge of the arete has many features and bumps, but these run out above the high horizontal "crack". The face portion is of moderate difficulty on gorgeous rock. If top crux can be done, it will be 12+. The upper NW face is pretty much featureless; the upper NE face is overhanging. This editor requests that this remain a TR problem, in deference to climbers of an earlier era.
 
J-2. It may be possible to start up "J", step out left into a round "pocket" on the face, and continue a difficult route up the very steep to overhanging face on some intriguing features.