Up at the Top of the Palm Springs Tramway, on Kaufman Crag is a 165 foot long one pitch climb named "Its always something". The FA was by Kris Solem and its about 11b. You need to do every type of climbing, from chimney, to OW, to fist, hand, finger, seam, lyback, undercling to steep face, face to low angle super slippery friction at the top. I wanted to have a smoke at the top. Kris was working with Gilda while she was recording her biography. He told me the name was fitting.

One can see the top of Kaufman, on the left, just as the tram is docking at the top. The law up there hates climbers so hide the fact. The cliff is on Indian Land so the LEOS can't really harm you.

See when I think of the most aesthetic pitch I'm not necessarily thining about it's exposure and photographic opportunities. I'm thinkingmore about it's architecture, and the emotions it evokes when I look at it.

Also, a single pitch climb sort of means one pitch from the ground...not one pitch somewhere on a 30 pitch route.

With all that being said, I haven't gone cragging in a ton of places, but Bonnie's Roof in the Gunks in one pitch would get my immediate first vote. If you haven't seen it, it is beautiful ornage color, huge right facing corner capped by a couple of serious roofs and it is about 140' long or so.

Reppy's Crack on Cannon is kinda nice to look at too, but if you like to look at cracks I'm sure you would be partial to the Creek.

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I understand Bonnie's Roof, it's a pretty corner, but as a single pitch, how can it compare to this?