The Shield

Freerider

Sunkist

Mirage

Flight of the Albatross

Triple Direct

Grape Race

Mr. Midwest

Golden Gate

Magic Mushroom

Freeblast

West Face

Never Never Land

Muir Wall

The Nose

Heart Route (Free)

West Buttress

Salathe Wall

Quo Vadis

Lurking Fear

Squeeze Play

Wings of Steel

Jolly Rodger

Dihedral Wall

Freerider is the Astroman of the new millennium. This route is climbing at its finest. The route follows complex crack systems up the southwest face of El Capitan. Essentially it is the Salathe wall with a few variations used (pioneered by Alex Huber) to avoid the numerous 5.13 crux pitches first freed by Paul Piana and Todd Skinner in the mid 80's.

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Routes in 2. Southwest Face