Easy slab climbing with good protection.  Crux is near the bottom as you climb the small left-facing slab and gain the ledge above.  "Garlic and Onions" because that's what The Gunpowder smells like in spring.

Garlic and Onions

Snaggletooth

Dirty Chimney

Dirty Chimney Escape

Ledge Monkey

Crux at the top.  An airy step from the right wall to the left.  The name of this climb comes from Mark Kochte's 2002 Climb Maryland! guidebook.

Get dirty in the chimney.  Escape right onto the nose. Beware of moss.

Climb the face to the left of the left facing corner.  Aim for the flake directly overhead.  Find a couple of good placements for small cams, tricams, or nuts.  Pull up to the ledge and get a good left arm bar in the large crack just over the lip.  Plug in a bomber cam.  Now lie back (sort of) and swing up and to your right.  Channel your inner primate and monkey onto the ledge. Lie back the flake above you.  Find a couple of cam placements behind the flake.  Move right onto the face and finish on edges.

Nearby adventure climbing. Top rope and trad in a beautiful setting.  Great views overlooking a bend in the Gunpowder.  A cascade. A pair of bald eagles.  This crag faces south and is often sunny and warm in the winter.  Some friable rock, so pay attention. Helmets are a good idea. However, most of the rock is more solid than it looks.

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