A good climb for beginning crack climbers because the crack is pretty smooth on the inside and is easy on the hands.

Jam on Jam

Y Crack

Tasha's Tower

Short But Sweet

Turtle Piss

Send it

Chockstones on my Mind

Short But Nasty

Corona Club

Difficult from the start and consistently requires that the climber use subtle layback and crabbing to make the thin holds work.  If only it were a little longer!   

  Follow the thin seam up a vertical face.

Climb thin crack system just right of wide crack to gain left leaning hand crack. Climb crack to top of tower.

Short Chimney to hand crack to face that leads to top of ledge on the South side of the Y-Crack Boulder.

This climb was thin but good practice for beginners

The route starts with a lieback, then move to a finger crack about 12 feet off of the deck.  This is really your first option to place pro unless you bring micronuts, and getting up to crack is the crux of the climb (I fell twice on a #4 BD micronut).  After you get established in the crack it gets a little thin, but there's good stances all the way up.  Back boulder is off (if you can even reach it).  Shares anchors with Turtle Piss off to the left.  TR works fine with this one, but a directional piece is a must if you are going to do this.  Send it!

Start under large chockstone. Short climb to chockstone and then clear chockstone.

Fingertip crack leads to an Alcove on the East side of the smaller boulder in the Y-Crack Boulder area.

Y-Crack Boulder, named for the prominent Y-shaped cleft on it's southern side, is located northeast of Pinnacle Peak proper and accessed from the main hiker trail via a spur climber's trail that takes you to the base of the formation. The impressive Y-Crack route, rated 5.9, is a memorable old school introduction to wide crack climbing. There are also some moderate face routes on the back (north) side of the formation and rappel bolts on the summit.

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Routes in Y-Crack Boulder