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The Vestibule Rock Climbing

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Routes in The Vestibule

L › R R › L A › Z

	911 S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Altar Boy S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Arch Crack S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Aurora S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Brasserie S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Chateau Vert T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Cinq Cents S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Doctors, Lawyers, and Indian Chiefs S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Dreamcatcher S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	Field of Screams S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Flail Mary T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Grand Cru S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Grand Ol' Opry S 5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b
	Hallowed Rawl S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Hyperdrive S 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	Inner Peace S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Jagermeister S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Lancet S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Like the Good Ol' Daze S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Liquid Crystal Display S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Mystery Route (right of The Altar) S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Name of the Rose S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Psychatomic S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Quickening, The S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	Raised by Wolves S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Shortening, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Stand Up Comedy S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Stolen Land S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Sunday School S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Suspended Animation S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Tabula Rasa S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Third Millennium S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
	Thunderbolt S 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Tilted Tower S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Wes Bound S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Windwalker S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b

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Access Issue: Area closure - now lifted. Previously: Storm Mt./Cedar Park road is reopened to all Details

Per Kurtz: The Monastery is open again! fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO….

Per Julie Nelson: the forest is closed due to after fire concerns in this area until June 30, 2021. There is a sign at the trailhead about the closure. See the US Forest Service website for further updates.

Previously: per Bruce Hildenbrand: Storm Mountain Road is open to all.

Per Hank C: the Storm Mt./Cedar Park area is closed to locals-only traffic for the time being due to wildfire concerns. We were turned away by a park ranger this morning (9/12/2020).

Access Issue: Access issue - Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.? Details

Per JF M: as of May 2022, there is no signage on-site, nor information on the USFS webpage for the Cameron Peak Fire (nor on their published map of closures) that indicates the area is closed.

Per Bruce Hildenbrand: it appears that the Forest Service has closed access to all the climbing areas accessed via Storm Mountain Road (Monastery, Cedar Park, Combat Rock, etc.) until they can clear all the dangerous dead trees from the Cameron Peak fire.

I worked this issue with Eric Murdock at the AF, and it looks like the Forest Service picked Devil's Gulch Road as the southern boundary even though all the climbing areas on MP.com were not burned.

Description

The Vestibule is the spectacular corridor leading through the major towers of the Monastery. Here you'll find alternately steep slabs on the southeast (right) side of the corridor and vertical to steeper rock on the northwest facing (left) side of the corridor. Routes that can be described in the Vestibule include those in the corridor proper and in the side corridors (the Balcony, Hallowed Hall and Inner Sanctum). Besides the amazing views across the valley and mountains with Longs rising above it all you'll have classics like Tabula Rasa (5.10c), Stolen Land (5.11c), Psychatomic (5.12d), 911 (5.11c/d), and Suspended Animation (5.11a) waiting for the send. The routes in the main corridor can be much different than the Needle's like affairs the Monastery normally offers, instead crisp edges and holds on a finer grained rock for a great change of pace.

Getting There

From the end of the approach trail at the Guardian (two steep bolted lines here) continue straight into the opening of the corridor, passing a log on the left. Shortly you will be dropping down in elevation with views of Longs (on a good day) before you and routes to either side. It is possible to reach the outer gates through the last two southeast corridors (Hallowed Hall and Inner Sanctum) and not without serious scrambling through the first two minor corridors or the third (the Balcony). Exit the Vestibule to the northwest to reach the Catacombs or the next section of rocks, the Lion's Den.

Route Order

Due to the nature of the Vestibule, routes are listed in the "L to R" list in approximate order as you would approach from North to South (or from the top of the hill towards the bottom). There are routes on both sides of the various corridors, so a given route on the East wall may be listed as "right" of a route on the West wall, if that route is the next line approached when heading down hill.

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Vestibule

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 55 ● Wes Bound Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 42 ● Inner Peace Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 362 ● Tabula Rasa Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 17 ● Suspended Animation Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 58 ● Doctors, Lawyers, and Indian Chiefs Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Like the Good Ol' Daze Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 81 ● Arch Crack Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 124 ● Stolen Land Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 5 ● Aurora Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 106 ● Psychatomic Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 17 ● The Shortening Sport
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 15 ● The Quickening Sport
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a 5 ● Dreamcatcher Sport
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a 9 ● Third Millennium Sport
5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 4 ● Grand Ol' Opry Sport