Ascent Notes for: melvins wheel - 5.8 Average Rating : 4.50/5

Nice cracks and short roof on the first pitch. 2nd is beautiful hand/fingers. Got stormed off the 2nd pitch. My partner got a chalk bag full of hail. She thought it was funny.

Rapped from the beginning of the chimney.

Excellent route to practice flared crack technique.

I led the first pitch and Doug led the rest. Minor issues finding the rap rings, but it was a gorgeous day and the weather cooperated.

On the final pitch after completing the squeeze chimney I think you are supposed to stay in the middle "gully" until the summit is obvious to the right. Instead we finished on the last pitch of Fantasy Ridge which felt like a step up in both difficulty and protection options. It is a cool arete finish, just make sure you have the gear for it. Oh yeah, the pitch 2 "handcrack" is not the Indian Creek splitter you have been dreaming of. It is fun, but don't get the wrong idea of what you will be climbing.

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first 3 pitches were great, got epic for the push to the top. roche led, kept it together somehow.

Climbed only the first 2 pitches, as we had a slower party ahead of us. Pretty easy first pitch, sustained 2nd pitch.