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The Choss Temple Rock Climbing
Routes in The Choss Temple
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Choss Temple Pilots S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b |
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Into Thin Choss S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Masters of Choss S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Rock Disease S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Shit Pile, The S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b |
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Worshippers S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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| Elevation: | 9,445 ft | 2,879 m |
| GPS: |
39.25751, -105.1003 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | richard magill on Dec 20, 2001 | |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: Road and Raptor Closures
Details
Per Ross Andrea: Ramparts Range Road is closed December 1.
March 1st-July 31st: Devil's Head Rock, Sin City, & Recovery Wall are closed for raptor protection. The vast majority of the other crags are unaffected by the closure. Please visit:
fs.usda.gov/alerts/psicc/al… for additional information and maps.
March 1st-July 31st: Devil's Head Rock, Sin City, & Recovery Wall are closed for raptor protection. The vast majority of the other crags are unaffected by the closure. Please visit:
fs.usda.gov/alerts/psicc/al… for additional information and maps.
Description
What to expect... some pretty good routes, some ok routes, some horrible piles of choss.
The attraction to the Choss Temple (AKA the Upper Red Wall, as Tod Anderson called it in his R&I article) is in the steepness of the whole thing. This feature is Riflesque - a big overhanging red granite wall. We couldn't resist putting bolts in it, with the hope that it would clean up to good climbing.
And some routes did clean up into good lines. Some didn't. I am still perplexed at the geologic anomaly that would allow this wall to be so crumbly, while the Red Wall (which is just down the hill) is so solid.Who knows?
The wall faces east, so it offers steep, shady climbing in the summer afternoons.
The attraction to the Choss Temple (AKA the Upper Red Wall, as Tod Anderson called it in his R&I article) is in the steepness of the whole thing. This feature is Riflesque - a big overhanging red granite wall. We couldn't resist putting bolts in it, with the hope that it would clean up to good climbing.
And some routes did clean up into good lines. Some didn't. I am still perplexed at the geologic anomaly that would allow this wall to be so crumbly, while the Red Wall (which is just down the hill) is so solid.Who knows?
The wall faces east, so it offers steep, shady climbing in the summer afternoons.
Classic Climbing Routes at The Choss Temple
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