Use a thin crack to climb through the small overhang to the left of the regular route.

Equinox - Var

Degree 101

East Face

Far East

Dingo Dihedral

Poison Ivy Gully (descent)

Equinox

Just Didgeridoo It

Backscratch

Corkscrew

Concave Wall

Last Exit

Start approximately 185 yards downstream from Armbuster, at the base of the overhanging wall below a large orange quartz vein and right leaning flakes - follow the right leaning flakes and cracks up the overhanging wall.

From AFALCON GUIDE by Eric J. Horst:   "Climb anywhere up the face located just right of Last Exit and about 50 feet left of Blitzkrieg." 

  This is great face climbing and you will find the left side of the face is easier than the right. I would consider the very middle of the face 5.9.

Start 40 feet upstream from the Degree 101 buttress. Climb an easy crack in the lower face to the ramp, then up face above.

Start at the base of the large corner 50 feet downstream from Poison Ivy Gully.   Climb the large crack in the corner.

The best approach for the climbs between East Face and Dingo Dihedral is by the POison Ivy Gully.   Start approximately 200 yards downstream from Armbuster. Descend a series of ledges.

Start ten feet downstream from Dingo Dihedral. Climb the face just left of the big overhang.

Start just left of Concave Wall and right of Dingo Dihedral. Scramble up and left until you are below a right facing flake in two sections, one low, one near the top of the cliff. Climb the flakes (5.8), or climb the lower flake and finish on the crack between the top flake and the dihedral (5.6). The 5.8 version is trickier than it looks.

FRA: Mark Nord and Greg Murray, August 2013

Start directly below the right hand side of the overhanging buttress (Degree 101 buttress) - climb the right side of the overhanging wall to a right facing corner.

Start on the downstream side of the Degree 101 buttress - ascend the 'S' shaped left facing inside corner. A pre-1940 climb

Start 25 feet upstream from Dingo Dihedral - ascend an easy face to a small grassy ledge, surmount the bulge, and finish on the overhanging face.

From AFALCON GUIDE by Eric J. Horst:    "Start at a left arching crack located just right of Degree 101 buttress. Work up the crack, then continue up the corner and chimney." 

  Not a bad route. There was a pesky plant right in the middle of the climb. Protects well for lead.

Degree 101 is directly downstream from the Dr. Needlepoint area. The climbs are mostly very high quality. Easy access via Poison Ivy Gully

Equinox - Var

Description

Location

Protection

Routes in Degree 101