From the Sentinel Car Park walk toward the chain ladders for c45min. As soon as you round the North Spur you will look up at the gully between the Gendarme (left Skyline) and Sentinel. Leave the path at an appropriate point to ascend the grass slope and then the gully.

Continue to 40m before the base of a rock step (looks like a large chockstone is obstructing your progress), and look for the bolts on the right hand face.

Either

• Descend MCM via rappel (70m single or 50m double ropes)
• Descend the Standard route

40m right of the rock-step at the head of the approach gully, a shallow groove left of the short pillar provides access to the wall.

1. 36m (6a+): Climb the initial groove, then make a thin move left, then back right onto a ramp. Follow the ramp over an overhang near the top to the chains on the left.

2. 33m (5c): Climb the ramp, then traverse right to a small stance..

3. 20m (6b+ or 6a+ AO): Climb up over a bulge into a shallow recess exiting right to traverse c4m further right. Climb up to a shallow scoop, and continue up exiting left onto the stance.

4. 30m (5c): Traverse up and left under an overhang, then continue straight up the corner above. Continue over ledges to a stance.

5. 20m (5c): Climb up leftwards over ledges and blocks to a grassy ledge.

6. 25m (5c): Climb the layback crack, then exit right and climb trending right to a slanted ledge below a ramp leading up to an overhang.

7. 15m (5c): Climb up the ramp, avoiding some loose blocks, under the final roof. Make an exposed traverse rightwards to exit onto the ridge at the anchor.

Scramble up the ridge above to join the Standard Route.