Start up the blocky beginning and get situated in the right-facing dihedral. Cruise up staying left of the headwall and traversing right to gain the two bolt anchor.

Independent

Destroyer

Unknown II aka The Broken Wing

Unknown

This route is actually on Rock Island 1, and is pretty much right in front of the bridge.  This route is also very easy to toprope, but you will need long runners to reach over the lip from the anchors.The starting point for this is about 10m from the 5.7 route called Independent Route which is in Fred Knapp's

Front Range Topropes

. Start under the roof, moving quickly left and up the outside edge of the roof, reach up to a good hold with your left hand and head for the sloping, right-angling crack, do a hand over hand, and then a strenuous pullup to an undercling.  From here, it gets easier to the top.  The crux comes at putting in gear in the crack, but it is right at the start.  This could probably be bouldered, but it would be a bold undertaking.

The route directly under the left (looking up) bolts. Starts 5.7ish but kind of technical, getting up to the big ledge. Move a little right and then climb up the right side of the face on an obvious (and often chalked) sequence of juggy holds. Avoid straying into the middle of the face (hard! crummy rock!) or the chunky nose (boring!). Pumpy. Maybe the hardest move is 5.10, but 5.9 by BC standards.

Route finding is key on this line, because the gear is a little sparse. Find the two bolt anchor on the NW side of the Rock Island, and zig zag up placing gear where you can. Be careful as some of the rock seems a little loose.

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Routes in Rock Island I