The map inspired me to check out Psych-out Ridge, which runs westward from the final switchback in the service road before the Notch.
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(The Psych-out ski run is on the right)
A ski run/road extends a half-mile down the ridge, making the initial travel very easy.
The path ends, then an easy cross-country bit put me at Bently's Point, where the view opens up quite spectacularly.
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Beyond the Point, the ridge to the left becomes rocky, slightly brushy, and narrow, all while dropping fast.
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There is a bigger (main) toe of the ridge on the right, which takes a more direct line back to the parking lot. But I decided on the narrow spine option (heading toward the big bend in Big Butch Wash) and found some fun down-climbing class 2 and 3 stuff.
The final drop was covered in brush, and I had already sliced myself up pretty good,
so I exited stage-left into Big Butch and stumbled and slid my way through the scree back to the car.
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