This really good route climbs the nice looking finger and thin hands crack left of Hough's Crack on the north face of the breadloaves.  Probably one of the most popular routes at the City, and with good reason.

Climb the obvious steep and lovely crack - easier than it appears.  Chickenheads abound on the upper section.

Intruding Dike

Hough's Crack

Breezeway

Featured Face

On the North side of the Lower Breadloaf are two obvious 5.7 cracks.  Hough's is the right of the two (the other is called Intruding Dike).  Climb up the crack with an awkward bulge move, then wander left up higher to a handcrack.  Top this out, and set a gear anchor.

To descend, wander up the formation, then look on the east side of the formation for a one rope rappel (60m rope).  This is on top of Bloody Fingers (thin 5.10a crack).

This is a pretty good climb that is as easy as it is owing to big secure holds, despite the steep nature of the climb in general and it's wide spots near bulges and leaning sections. Climb up and through the cracks to a crux up near the top (good protection) and finish on the rap to belay before scrambling off to the West.

A good route with good holds and mostly secure climbing, but little for protection. As such, this makes just as good of a solo as a lead. The holds are good and the rock is solid. This would also be an good beginner TR since the moves are fairly intuitive and no special jamming skills or crimping/smearing/stemming is required- it climbs more like a ladder.

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Protection

Routes in Bloody Fingers Corridor