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Routes Sorted
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Andy's Route 
Bad Faith 
Between The Lines 
Butterfingers 
Caress of Steel 
Drop Zone 
Drunken Midget 
Flight Fright 
Kitchen Sink 
License To Thrill 
Little Big Wall 
Mandela 
On There 
Reverse Traverse 
Rincon 
Riptide 
Route 66 
Steel Monkey 

The Membrane 


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BETA PHOTO: Membrane Wall
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Description 

North facing, jug hauling, blitz-krieg limestone. The Membrane hosts some of AF's finest sport routes, and on most days the crag will have someone on one of them. The Membrane is the perfect crag for busting out of Boulder and jumping on a pump-fest before you even set up the tent. With zero approach, good stone, and a wide range of difficulty to pick from, The Membrane is hard to beat. Warning: these routes are not grid bolted, so be prepared to run for the clips on most routes.


Getting There 

Park at the pull-out 1.0 miles from TCNM. The Membrane is immediately across the stream, behind the trees.

See here for a Google Street View photo of the parking area.


Route List 

Left to right:

1. Andy's Route 5.10d
2. Little Big Wall 5.11d
3. Kitchen Sink 5.10b
4. Drunken Midget 5.10a
5. On There 5.11a
6. Bad Faith 5.9
7. Caress of Steel 5.10a
8. Steel Monkey 5.10d
9. Route 66 5.12a
10. License To Thrill 5.11c
11. Flight Fright 5.12c (variation of License To Thrill)
12. Mandela 5.12a
13. Riptide 5.11a (far right)
14. Cosmological Retreat 5.11b (P2 above License To Thrill)


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Membrane:
Butterfingers   5.9+     Sport, 59 feet   
Caress of Steel   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch   
Drunken Midget   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Drop Zone   5.10a/b     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Rincon   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
Steel Monkey   5.10d     Sport, 50 feet   
Andy's Route   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Riptide   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
On There   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
License To Thrill   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Mandela   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Route 66   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch   
26   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 36 feet   
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Featured Route For The Membrane
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Between The Lines 5.12c  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : The Membrane
AKA: "High Tide Traverse" Start: Caress of Steel, climb "Between The Lines", end: Riptide anchors. Really fun route, good addition to an older wall, pretty obvious traverse. crux is the route 66 bottom and mandela crux....[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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Lookig at the center part of the Membrane Wall.  "License to Thrill" and "Route 66" in the center of the roof area.

BETA PHOTO: Lookig at the center part of the Membrane Wall. "...


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By Shaft
From: Salt Lake City
Oct 10, 2010

description wrote:
The Membrane is the perfect crag for busting out of Boulder and jumping on a pump-fest before you even set up the tent.


WTF, worst description ever.

By Brian in SLC
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 11, 2010

Or...one of the best!

By Sean A Smith
From: South Ogden, UT
Jun 24, 2011

What is "TCNM"?

By Perin Blanchard
Administrator
From: Orem, UT
Jun 24, 2011

Timpanogos Cave National Monument.