Turret Dome Rock Climbing

Turret Dome is located 4.3 miles up the canyon on the right. Park at Elevenmile picnic area, cross the bridge, and head upstream. You can't miss it. For south and west face routes, approach high over a short slab to avoid a deadend into the creek. This will take you directly into the start of Schooldaze.

From the summit, work north, and downclimb to a saddle. Descend east to the picnic area.

Per Jon Banks: the descent from the summit has changed since the last comment. Now you can either rappel to the north from a fixed rope slung around a boulder near the summit or downclimb to the lower ledge (Class 4). These will bring you to a hard to spot boulder that is slung and has rap rings where you can do a short rappel to a lower ledge (if you downclimbed this section, it would be 5th Class). Walk off from here, then walk downhill to the east towards the picnic area.

Per jim meh: a much easier descent with rap rings on bolts was installed in 2024. At the summit, enjoy the views, then scramble along the ridge toward the west. You'll hop down onto a huge ledge protected by an overhanging boulder with lots of shade. There are rap rings bolted on the ground here. Rap off to the west. You'll touch down on an even bigger ledge here. Clean up, and head toward the gully to the north. There is no more dealing with sketchy slings around dead trees.