Seeing The Groove without a climber on a weekend day is a rarity. Supertopo describes it as a 6-foot-wide pipe cut in half the long way. It's fun.

Once you've done the first pitch, and the first couple moves of the second pitch, the climb just gets easier and easier. Amanda had very little trouble with the whole route.

My wife and I after finishing the fun first pitch of The Groove. Lover's Leap is a great place for beginning / intermediate trad climbers, many many 'classic' moderate routes to do there.

I climbed the face to overhung crack right of him thinking it was the 7 start and he was on the direct start. I was wrong, I think the direct has two variations. Both are 10s and worth doing. I love the leaves below him. Sonso45 took 082605 on nikon digital.

My wife Jody following me up the fun first pitch of The Groove, Lover's Leap CA.

Rachel Loui on Crash Landing, 5.10a, Lower Buttress, Lover's Leap. Photo taken by Darrell Anderson on June 21, 2003. Our group was waiting to do Corrugation Corner (5.8) and decided to play on Crash Landing and Power Lust (5.11a/d, height dependent) before jumping onto Traveler's Buttress (5.9).

i think if u do the direct start instead of the traverse thats 20 feet up its abit harder, fun route

These trees are atop the Lower Buttress of one of the best granite crags in the USA, Lovers Leap. Photo Neil Monteith 35mm Slide

It's not as hard as it looks =)

Lugged the big lens up the climb for some photos.

There was still very deep snow on the ground so we decided to climb a few feet up to that small ledge and belay there, it was much more comfortable on the ledge than the snow!

this is the 5.8 finish to surrealistic pillar, it is pretty good. the trick to this part is to go as far right as possible, almost all the way to the Aret.

this is looking out over Surrealistic Pillar, and the East Wall in the background

this is the wide crack on The Farce. if you want pro in this section the #6 is pretty much all that fits. (but you really don't need any.. supper easy)

I took this standing on that first large dike about 1/4 way up the Groove.. who says "don't look down"? that's the best part

this is the arching wide crack on the second pitch of Surrealistic Pillar. Definately a fun climb. either just slide up a large cam or place nuts in cracks in the dykes every 10 feet.