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The Choss Temple Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in The Choss Temple

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	Choss Temple Pilots S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Into Thin Choss S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Masters of Choss S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Rock Disease S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Shit Pile, The S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Worshippers S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b

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Elevation:	9,445 ft
GPS:	39.25751, -105.1003 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	richard magill on Dec 20, 2001
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Access Issue: Raptor Closures Details

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.

Getting There

To find this, see the directions to get to the Red Wall. This is just up the hill from the Red Wall, about 50 yards uphill. It lies between Red Wall and the Starcastle.