New 3rd Gate

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New 3rd Gate

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Looking into the canyon from the East ridge. Marley Wall and Tufa City in the full sun, Finland Terrace in the part sun/part shaded wall, just left of that is the exit gully and the far right end of Slate Nation, the small cliff ban above SN is the far right end of Mouse Wall, and North Butt is the closer shaded wall on the left.

Cole Schmidt getting burnt in tufa city

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David Stephens

Feb 13, 2014

“New 3rd Gate”

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Hiking out on the ridge line after yet another amazing day!

2/27/11

Big Horn at the Mouse

Pre-Climb Campout

This is the Tufa City as see from the Karma Cave, The word is "Tufa"

the steps up to slate

Normal Like You (12a). Photo by Hillary Davis.

Looking into the canyon from the East ridge. Marley Wall and Tufa City in the full sun, Finland Terrace in the part sun/part shaded wall, just left of that is the exit gully and the far right end of Slate Nation, the small cliff ban above SN is the far right end of Mouse Wall, and North Butt is the closer shaded wall on the left.

New 3rd Gate

Cole Schmidt getting burnt in tufa city

Apparently, as per the other 2 photos, if you are from Colorado you'll screw up access for us locals. Don't be the idiots from Colorado!

Road map with labels. It's about 1.5 miles from the road to the AF trailhead/camping area, then an additional 0.5 mile to the head of the canyon. Depending on the crag you are heading to, hiking from the low parking would be about 60 min - 2 hrs.

The now Iconic H at the third gate.

A great view to wake up to - Camping in<br>
the remote valley at Homestead

Aidan Hoppe pulling his way up Black Sunshine

Finland Terrace and Tufa City

Looking out from Tufa City with a dusting of snow on 2/23/19

Fossil

Homestead

Promontory of Finland Wall glows in the distance.<br>
January 2008

Some kind of intrusion (?) on Knuckle Sandwich. Pretty common for the area, and very cool. They also come in an orange brick form. Geology geeks can fill me in.

The typical "AFTERDARK" hike down the ridge

Crazy Bone (11b). Old, bad scan of a photo by Hillary Davis.

Fossils

Sunset from the original campground.

A unique and widely known stone along the upper ridge approach trail, before it disappeared roughly ten years ago.

Another intrusion thingy, also toward the top of Knuckle Sandwich.

Normal Like You (12a). I don't like to take extreme close-ups of chalky, slapping hands... I am partial to the rope-in-mouth shot, though. Photo by Hillary Davis.

The sunsets here are amazing.

Cactus loving climber

The morning scenery

Traversing from the top of Karma to the top of Bone.

2/27/11

3/6/11

View of AF trail from the crag side of the road

Beautiful fossil layer

Pano of Finland Terrace, Tufa City and beyond

Apparently when you are from Colorado you haven't learned how to park at a trailhead to allow parking in a limited space.

Apparently, if you are from Colorado you can't read.

Looking down the gully

Fossil

Fossil

Impressive directional sign at the top of the gully

The first gate off the main road.

Rough road still! 12/22/12

Paul on the steep slab of Normal Like You (12a). Photo by Hillary Davis.

Beautiful pristine desert setting

Driving out, through the crux of the road, in January 2014.

Did a lot of trail work this year at the Homestead. This is just one set of steps that is part of 69 new steps we did up to Tufa City. I'm very proud to be part of a (very small) group of Climbers that's not afraid of spending a little time and money at The Homestead.

View of Bonetown (?) from Slate Nation wall<br>
January 2008

A climber toproping a route with active belay, as is common for the area

New Homestead guidebook!

Hot Cherry Sundays (10a). Buttshot by Hillary Davis ;)

BEEware! Large colony of bees behind tree on Welcome Wall.

Looking back just after emerging from the descent to Finland Wall. January 2008

High clearance vehicle required.

Crux of the road Halloween 2015

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