Today I discovered two new routes on the north side of the Third Sister. Just left of Second Sister NE Chimney route, below and right of the "meadow" on page 92. I rope solo'd the one of the right (arête). 5.5ish. Quite good quality knobs and a worthy addition of a route for about 30-40' of climbing. It has 3 SS 3/8" bolts to protect the leader. There is no bolted anchor and no great gear placements to clean the route when done. As a result I used the tree. However, DO NOT USE THE TREE anymore. The erosion around the tree could be a problem. This climb NEEDS AN ANCHOR to rap from, or it should go up the arête to the top.
As I was climbing, the QOTSA song "Little Sister" came on, if this route doesn't already have a name "Living life behind the shadows" would be quite perfect in my mind since I don't think anyone has posted up about these routes. I posted primarily so that we get the anchor situation squared away on the next ascent. Please let me know if you need a hand. If you don't use the name, I surely will.
The other route I carefully top roped to the left. It is either not finished, is an R rated route, gets dirty fast at the 1/2 height mark of the other line, or perhaps is a variant start to the arête. It has 2 bolts, and the bottom moves are fun, and slightly harder, perhaps 5.6.
