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Split Dome Rock Climbing

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Decline of Outdoor Safety, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Elevation:	5,747 ft	1,752 m
GPS:	43.88154, -103.50394 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Split Dome is a beautiful dome in the back corner of the Chessmen. It is isolated and one of the nicer pieces of rock out there. Really pretty.

Getting There

One to two hour approach from Horsethief. Once you reach the Patio Area as named in Busse & Burr's guide, look west and you will see the only obvious giant formation that sits atop an enormous granite platform. A deep gully separates it from Happiness is Water, so you must approach through some narrow granite gullies from the south.