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Sphinx

Submitted By: Eric Rhicard on Nov 1, 2009
Administrators: Greg Opland, James DeRoussel
Elevation: 7,500 feet
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East face of the Sphinx, left side.


Description 

A small crag that had only four routes until recently. The east face is warm on a sunny day in the winter as is the west face later in the day. Few have climbed here as the approach before the fire was pretty nasty with a lot of Manzanita. Rock is a little sharp as most rock in the Windy Point area is. Some of the new routes have some short sections of grainy stuff but that should go away with a little climbing activity.


Getting There 

Approach the same as Dr. Death and Paradox Rock. See SQ II. page 88.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sphinx:
Book Of Jon   5.10     Sport, 70 feet   
Guardian's Edge   5.12-     Sport, 45 feet   
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Right side of the east face.  Angle of the photo make the cliff seem shorter than it is.

BETA PHOTO: Right side of the east face. Angle of the photo m...