Start below the roof on the left side of the southeast face, beneath the obvious line of bolts. Climb around the roof on the right side, then step left onto the slab. Climb straight up on thin hands and great friction for feet. The crux is at the fourth bolt. From there, the route moves closer to the arete on the left. The difficulty eases for about 20 feet then around the 7th bolt it gets steep again. From there, it's easy to the anchor. This is an exciting climb for its lack of positive hands. It could use some more traffic though, there is still a fair amount of lichen.
Location
The route is clearly visible from the Jurassic Park trail. It ascends a fairly flat face, just left of a chimney. There's a roof right at the bottom. Descend by rappel or by lowering with a 60m rope. A 50m would NOT have been long enough!
Protection
This was originally done as a traditional lead. It was retrobolted to have 9 bolts to a two bolt anchor (11 bolts total). The anchor has rappel rings.
I led this sometime in June 07, thinking it was Coloradoddity (looks like I wasn't the only one - it matches the description pretty well except for the roof right at the start and Gilded Lilly wasn't listed on Mtn Project at the time). Thought it was a bit stiff for a 5.6, but had a blast. Not sure it felt 5.9, but it would be a different proposition without bolts.
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