This is a great, vertical problem in the middle of

Iron Cross Traverse

, in front and slightly right of the tree. Look for the hand crack at the top for orientation on where to start. Do a standing start with positive feet, your right hand on a small finger "bucket", and your left hand on a rail. Proceed upwards by bumping your left hand - first to a crimp and then to a choice of a nasty gaston on the arete or a left crimp. Haul to the jug for glory. Climb an easy hand crack and bulge-like feature to finish. This is highball, so bring your headpointing skills.

Fehim's Flapper

Shocker Rock, 2 In The Pink

Left Side, Strong Side

Iron Cross Traverse

Shocker Rock, 1 in the Stink

Short O

It Gets Real

Leaning Jam

Above Iron Cross

This isn't actually on Distant Dancer Pinnacle, but the rock directly below it (west).  Start on the right side working up the arete to a good hold.  From there you get your left hand on a flake, do some funky footwork and cross through right hand to a small, thin flake.  From this position comes the namesake move.  There's an intermediate which is a tremendous help, but you basically have to throw your left for the far left flake, extending your upper body.  I've seen the feet done differently for the match, but it is the crux of the route.  From the big flake climb straight up on positive edges above the boulder to a topout on a slab.  Have fun!

This is a program in the very bottom of Miscellaneous Valley. It starts on a sidepull crack right next to the trail and moves up to a open hand sloper. Then move to the DEEP cave undercling, and cross into the tricky sloper. Then bump out to a rock cluster, and work your way straight up the face.

SDS low, matched on the lowest chalked opposing sidepulls on the SW arete. Punch straight up the West face without using any of the handholds on, or right of the arete (the big hidden slot and slopers to the right are off). Find a way to get to the medium/small pebble with your right hand, and then go straight left into a slot and increasingly positive pockets. Finish straight up off the pockets, up the left-center side of the West face, with a bigger move to gain the lip.

This is another problem on Shocker Rock. It starts right below the big cave on the arete. It starts on two okay holds and works up to the cave, then continues up the face, not bad, but it's not 2 in the Pink.

This ascends the blunt arete to the right of "

Iron Cross Traverse

". Straight up is a jug haul to the top. It has fun moves on good quality rock.

One can also traverse into it from left or right (this does not add to the difficulty but adds some fun moves).

This climb starts the same as

Left Side, Strong Side

on the large left hand pinch and right and sidepull. Traverse right around arete, and jump up to the large solid jug at the lip. This climb is a variation of "Farming" described in the guidebook but starts a move lower and traverses farther right before gaining the lip.

This is the obvious horizontal crack on the boulder just north of the

Iron Cross Traverse

. Start below the left side of the crack, and climb up the slab (watch the crumbly feet) to an undercling which allows you to reach the crack, and then move left and up under the overhang with a good, sharp hand jam to a secure topout. This is a bit awkward but kind of a cool sequence and a decent problem to add to the moderate circuit in this area.

This is a fun easy traverse.  It's always been part of my warm up circuit, or just a way to get some easy mileage.  Could get pumpy for beginners on the left end....

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Routes in Miscellaneous Valley