A pleasant little roadside route that is quite close to the road.  This is on the upstream end of the North Narrows Slab about 5.3 miles up past CO Hwy 7 & US 36.

Clip a bolt, a pin, and follow 4 more bolts to the top.  The crux seemed to be in the upper half of the route where the pitch steepens a bit.  It could be soft for 10a, but it's reasonably fun.  Rolofson's and Hubbel's guide list it at 5.10a and they give it 2 of 5 & 3 of 5 stars respectively.  1.48 stars here :)  25m.

Alley Cat Street

Climb to Safety

Death Tongue Variation

Narrows Crack

The Hitcher

White Line Fever

Gas Huffer

This fun route starts by climbing 30 feet (5.7) up a small, left-arching corner to a bolt just over a roof.  Make 5.9 moves to get established over the roof.  Clip a second bolt and follow a thin seam (5.8) to the belay.

This route climbs up a thin corner, up a slab into the obvious dihedral and follows it to the chains above.

The first bolt is a little high, so a small wire is very nice for a backup. Very crimpy moves pull out to the slab, smear and edge up to the dihedral, and enjoy fun laybacks and jams to the top.

If you are not up for the hard start, come in from the corner of Narrows Crack. Climb up a few moves, place a green Alien, and traverse left to the small ledge below the dihedral. Place a #3 Camalot in the horizontal, and climb up to the flake. The flake has a move of 10a, and the variation variation start felt close to that also.

If you can pull the face, the true death tongue out the roof is a great finish.

The proper route climbs up a rotten open book at 5.9 until the crack out the roof is reached. I climbed the first few moves into the dihedral, Placed a green Alien, and traversed to a large ledge to the left. I then followed a few thin and discontinuous cracks up to the roof (s for the var).  Once at the roof, do an awkward sequence of 'horizontal stemming' to gain the lip, and pull through on bomber hand jams. The feet are very friable on the moves out the roof. This can be a rope shredder if the follower hangdogs!

Make delicate face moves off of the ground (crux), and then go left onto a short arete and up to fixed anchors.

Watch out for cars.

This is an inconsequential trad line to the right of

Alley Cat Street

that can be TR'ed off the same anchors as

Alley Cat Street

for a bit mo' mileage.

Find a crack just to the right of

Alley Cat Street

.  Ascend it. The crux was about midheight where the route steepens briefly.  0.62 stars :)

You can rap from the anchors of

Alley Cat Street

.

Gas Huffer is a decent route with some spice to it.  Its moves are good though.

Start low and right from

Alley Cat Street

. Climb up and clip a bolt on what seems to be a blasted slab. Head up and left past a second bolt and a balancy crux to reach a roof. Undercling and step high to clip a bolt over the roof, then engage the second crux, which is a bit devious at the grade. From here, continue up a moderate crack with gear to reach the anchors as for

Alley Cat Street

.

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