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A North facing cliff home to some of the hardest routes in the Superstitions. It hides in a brushy, cliff lined canyon north of Bark Canyon Wall. The cliff is hard to find. follow dirrections, but be advised that some exploration may be needed in the maze of shallow canyons. Expect Superb pocket pulling on vert to overhanging walls and some thin cracks. Approach the cliff from above via the Bluff Springs trail and the Cave Trail. Before the Cave Trail passes The Fortress, scramble north through a broken cliff band and hike north on a cairn-marked path along a broad, rocky ridge until it drops down to the top of a shallow canyon that drains east. The labyrinthlies just to the east in this canyon. Bushwhack down a faint trail on the left edge of the canyon to the right -hand cliffs or hike across the rimrock south of the canyonto a rappel station above the myth wall.A short rappel puts you on the far right side of the area. Allow one hour to reach the cliff from the parking area. Another approach exists from Barks Canyon Wall. From the north side of the wall scramble along faint trail through brush on the walls north flank into a shallow canyon. The routes are on the south side of the canyon. A rough trail follows the cliff's base.
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Sequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes.
