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Description 

Past Sun Wall, you will come up on a very conglomerated cliff on the left, it will come to an abrupt end. This is Turtle's Tail.


Getting There 

walk 200 yards past Misty.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Turtle Rock:
Faith   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Pebble Power   5.8+     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Conglomernaut   5.10b/c     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Turtle Soup   5.11b/c     Trad   
Cease Fire   5.11b/c R     Trad, 1 pitch, 45 feet   
Sloth   5.11c     Sport   
Twinkle Toes   5.11c     Sport, 35 feet   
Turtles Tail   5.11c/d     Trad   
Metamorphosis   5.11c/d     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Spooky   5.11d     Sport   
Klingon   5.11d     Sport   
Pygmy   5.12a/b     Sport, 30 feet   
Antidote   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
Skipper   5.12b     Sport   
Toxic   5.12c/d     Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet   
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Featured Route For Turtle Rock
Pulling through the overhang on Metamorphosis.  Photo by Nicki.

Metamorphosis 5.11c/d  AL : Sand Rock : Turtle Rock
Pumpy climbing on a pretty, overhanging arete. Getting off the ground is the hardest part of this excellent climb, so stick-clipping is a good idea.Finesse your way up a thin, pebbly face on the right side of the arete; if this is too much to handle, swallow your pride and stem onto the wall across the corridor from the arete. Things get easier once you reach an undercling above the first bolt. Continue up the steep arete to the top....[more]   Browse More Classics in AL