This "F3" east face route is about 300 feet long and follows the obvious water groove.  The water groove ends in a gash in the summit.  The best climbing is found on the face to the left or the right of the water groove due to a healthy crop of moss in the groove.  If climbed with a rope, the only protection is in the buckets that give this route its name. (tricams...) This route is a great scrambling finish to the Royal Arch trail when combined with the Anomaly flatiron.  Descent: Walk off to the south.

Buckets

Southeast Ridge

This is not a very compelling line, but I gave it a go. Rather than massive buckets, this feature to the left (detached in places) sports slopers and flakes.  A majority of the climbing is 5.0 or 5.1, but there are several spots where the climbing is thin and slows you down, maybe 5.4 or 5.5?

You will cross gaps to go left and continue to go up and over on a few occasions until a natural summit is reached and The Hourglass is in view, or until you are tired of climbing it and can find a way down - which is not so simple....

Description

Protection

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