Gunsmoke ascends a third and final chimney, different than the other two, and it is worth doing.

Climb up the back corner of the Firing Chamber, where 3 different sections of chimney intersect. A flaring, offset crack in the narrowest section of chimney offers a few reasonable points of protection sufficient to make the route safe as a trad lead. Climb this to the top, and belay on a large cordalette on some boulders.

Gunsmoke

Spaghetti Westerns

Little Bighorn

Stupid Human Trick

Shelob's Lair

The Big Nasty

Sitting Bull

Deliverance

Using the diagonal crack for gear, chimney up the crack to the top, an exciting exit. Classic!

The route ascends the obvious hand/fist/offwidth crack some 50' left of The Firing Chamber chimney system. Pull through a small bulge off the ground on good hands then continue to the top in the wider but now low angle crack. Belay from gear on the expansive ledge above.

We used a stupid human trick of stacking a few rocks to just barely reach the finger crack. The crack above roof becomes OW. There is a useful edge on left wall near the roof.

This is a fun chimney protected by three bolts. Get yourself to the proper chimney (see below). Shimmy to the right to get to the first bolt and head straight up.

Immediately left of slot entrance to The Firing Chamber is a wide, flaring, dirty slot. This is your route! The crux lies in getting off the ground and into the low angle offwidth above. Slap your way off the ground by bear hugging the flake that makes up the right side of the initial crack before throwing yourself into the easy wideness above. Pull to the top using a combination of loose chockstones, plants, and general thrashing.

It is not a bomb but not worth a star either.

Sitting Bull is a short line to the right of

Little Bighorn

. We easily trundled a teetering death block (the Sitting Bull) midway up the route which hints that this is a new route but maybe not....

Do a couple steep moves into a shallow, right-facing corner under a flake. Tackle a short, off-finger crack, and then run it out on easy terrain to the top. Walk off.

This line is short (like the all of the routes up here) but pretty good. It is worthy if you are in the area.

Found just right of the entrance to The Firing Chamber, this route ascends the right-leaning finger crack to its end before firing up the crux slab above. Once on top, a large boulder may be slung for an anchor.

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Routes in Fourth Band