Has anyone done Grindstone Mtn NE Face?

[jstreet]

I'm thinking about doing the NE Face route on Grindstone Mtn (as described on pg 221 of Becky Guide Vol I 2nd edition) and was hoping that someone that has done it could give me more info. The route is apparently 5 pitches 5.4. It would be nice to know the rock type/quality, difficulty of each pitch, and how the protection was.

[nolanr]

I didn't do the route you're looking at (I came from SE, I think), I scrambled up the side of the mountain from the Chatter Creek trail, but at any rate the rock quality seemed fine ie. not friable and not horrendously greasy. BTW it was mid-October, on one side of the mountain it was mostly bare rock w/ blue skies above, on the other side it was seriously socked in with an inch of rime ice. I've never seen such distinctly different weather patterns, almost different seasons I would say, in the same place at the same time. Pretty cool.