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Closed January 1-April 30 MORE INFO >>> Special Closure Order #05-123 prohibits travel more then 400' off of established trails due to Bighorn Sheep lambing season. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Base of Solitude

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Getting There 

Drive to Catalina State Park on Oracle Road (Hwy. 77) just north of Tucson in Oro Valley.
After paying the entrance fee of $7.00 as of Jan. 2013, (self-pay if you've started as early as you should!), park at the parking lot for the Ruins Trail. Immediately after crossing the huge CDO wash, just before the trail heads uphill, there is a well used horse trail forking right. Take this trail as it climbs up onto a ridge that parallels the Ruins Trail ridge. It eventually heads right into Alamo Canyon. Right before it drops into the canyon there is a brand new trail that has been cut and groomed, by the FS I think, that stays on the left side of Alamo for quite a long ways now. It eventually drops into the canyon. Follow the canyon to the obvious turnoff for Leviathan and continue right in the main canyon. Shortly after negotiating a waterfall cliff take the next major drainage heading left (east.)
This takes you along the right side (south and west faces) of the Solitude dome. You should now be able to see the “small” pointed prow on the top left corner of the summit that marks the final bolted bulge of "Solitude." Look at the base of the dome for the obvious fin of rock with vertical red streaks, just off the main face. Head up the steep gully between that fin and the dome. Just shy of the fin is a nice rope-up spot at the base of the climbs.
This area is about an hour hike past the Leviathan turnoff. (3 to 6 hours total)

Extra info available in Kerry's Guidebook on Climbaz.com

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This probably isn't the exact way the FA was done, but it definitely works and gets you into the sweet 250' crack leading to the final bulge. I think the "Free For All Variation" in Kerry's Book was also an attempt to climb the original line.1. About 130’ up is a short, right-leaning, right-facing corner with a blocky, horizontal, quartz band at the base. Climb cracks to base of corner. Step left a few feet and belay on small ledg...[more]   Browse More Classics in AZ

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Jeff turning the corner	Final Pitch	top
Everyone has a little bit of the Captain in 'em.	View from the approach.