This climbs the pronounced, limestone-like tufa feature in the middle of the north face of Dinosaur Rock. It's 30 meters long, and sustained as all hell once you step off the ledge below the tufa. It is about 20 feet west (uphill) from Patience Face. One of the best single-pitch climbs I've done in Colorado...or anywhere.
Scramble up the ramps, and then move right to left across the lower choss ledges to start.
Location
Center of the north face of Dinosaur Rock.
Protection
The rigging is complex, but once you have the ropes up for this or Patience Face, it's not too hard to move the anchors around.
1. Ascend the west face of Dinosaur Rock (4th class/5.0). Drop over the summit to a small ledge on the east face, eight feet down.
2. On this ledge, tie a rigging rope (static line) through a hole/thread in a big flake. You could back this up with cams or other flakes/horns there. Rap down this line about 20 feet to a ledgy area with cracks.
3. Here, anchor the other end of the rigging rope to a #4 Camalot, #7 Metolius, #2 Camalot, #1 Camalot (#5 Camalot optional).
4. Rap north-northwest to the lip from here on one end of the rigging rope or another. You can put in a giant cam (#6 Friend) right at the lip to keep the rigging ropes running where you want them. There might be other options, too. Set up the rigging lines as two arms of a toprope. Drop down your 60-meter; rig a toprope. Get lowered.
5. On the way down you'll want a #3 or #4 TCU as a directional right of the tufa, and a red (#1) Camalot for the roof.
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