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Elevation: 6,222 ft
GPS: 40.4514, -111.6685
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Shared By: Perin Blanchard on Nov 1, 2012
Admins: Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C
Warning Access Issue: Located in a National Forest Fee Area DetailsDrop down

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A steeply-overhanging, soot-blackened cave with several steep 5.12 routes, with one 5.10 and one 5.11 on the wall to the west. (Another 5.12 on the wall to the west can be climbed at 5.11 by bypassing the crux to the left.)

This photo shows the cave—the black area in the center of the image.

Routes Suggest change

Left-to-right, starting on wall to left of cave:

1. Scoliosis 5.10b/c
2. Osteoporosis 5.12c (can be climbed at 5.11)

gap

3. Screaming Skeleton 5.11b

Large boulders

In and around the cave proper:

4. Broken Bones 5.12a
5. Bonedaddy 5.12d
6. Cross Bones 5.12c
7. Ribcage 5.12b/c

Getting There

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Park at a pullout just past the Little Mill Campground exit. Across the road and down canyon a little you'll see a bit of a trail that bisects the brush and heads up the hill. Follow the obvious, up-and-left-angling trail past a fallen tree or two and then head over the top of an outcropping which is more or less directly across the road from the campground exit.

The cave is just around the outcropping.

7 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Bone Cave

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 11
Scoliosis
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 6
Screaming Skeleton
Sport
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
 8
Spineless
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 5
Osteoporosis
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Scoliosis
 11
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Screaming Skeleton
 6
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Spineless
 8
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Sport
Osteoporosis
 5
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
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