A few crimpy finger holds are the crux below the top of the arete (corner).

Holy Lamb

Deathwidth

Unreliable Skinhead

Choss Me The Moss

Brain Drain

Serpentine Crack

Hippopromis

Honey Crack

Collage

Mosaic

Rhinocerock

Rosebud

On the east side of the Honeycomb Spire is a meandering crack that starts on the lower right side of the tower and traverses to the center where it is vertical for a few moves.  Many face holds help for the feet while a few jams in the crack are needed to ascend the vertical section.  The rock is a little loose and has lots of lichen growing on it.

Just North of the spire there is a wide recessed chimney on the main wall.  Set up a top rope and grovel up the chimney which may be a squeeze for bigger people.

This route goes up the East face of the Honey Comb spire on cobles and shallow pockets.  Avoid

Honey Crack

to the right and stay to the right of the left edge of the spire.  The bottom is easy-going up cobbles, etc.  At the top (crux) where the face narrows between the crack and arete, avoid the temptation to use the crack and make a few long reaches for a shallow pocket, then there is a nice jug on the top to finish.  Many of these holds on the upper part are sharp!

Scramble up the start next to

Serpentine Crack

, but stay in the corner to the right. Pass a few small tree as you zipper this little trad route up the crack.

The crux is the second tiny ledge just under the small tree.

Beta: hand jam with left-leaning laybacks worked for me the whole way until I could mantel the ledges. My feet stayed smeared on the classic Castlewood mini-cobblestone, and I barely need to find foot holds.

I used a BD cams #3 , #0.75, #1, a #4 hex, and carried a rack up to a #3.

I can’t be the first to have climbed this? If you know, I’ll take it down. Otherwise, enjoy Choss Me The Moss!

The NE facing dihedral next to the arete with routes on either side.  Nothing too tricky here, just some fun climbing with stemming, jams, and a few face holds.  Note:  Although it is a little damp in dry periods it is still not a big problem.  I wouldn't recommend this during the spring or any other wet time.

Around the corner from the spire is an arete with a big boulder at its base.  On the next north-facing wall from this arete is the climb, recognized by the crack on the upper face.  Scramble up the ledges to the crack and do the few fun moves.

Around the corner from the spire to the southeast is an arete with a large boulder at the base.  On the adjacent wall is a fun toprope following a black water streak up the wall.

This is the face route left of

Deathwidth

.

Face climb a few feet right of

Deathwidth

.  Avoid the edge of the crack.

South of the Honeycomb Spire is a corner block with a single bolt on top of the cliff.  Rhinocerock goes up the right side of the East-facing wall on the South side of the corner block.

Start from the corner block South of the Honeycomb Spire.  Up the left side of the North-facing wall, to the bolt on top shared with

Rhinocerock

.

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Routes in Honeycomb Spire