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Routes in Outer Gates
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Abbot Arete S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Altered Boy S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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CCD S 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c |
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Cloister Frock S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Crucifix S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Crystal Staircase S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R |
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Dale's Downpulling Digits Decadent Donjon S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Fin Du Monde S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Going to the Chapel S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Hog Heaven S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Jesus on a Stick S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Kohlmann's Complex S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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La Maudite S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Monastic Groove S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Moving to Montana S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Mystery Route S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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No Mystery Here S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Pandora's Pebble Pinching Party Palace S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Simplexity S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Southern Hospitality S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Steeple, The S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Stone Smoked Porter S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Table Wine S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Trois Pistoles S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Two Buck Chuck S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Access Issue: Area closure - now lifted. Previously: Storm Mt./Cedar Park road is reopened to all
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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).
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. - open since 2023
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Update: per Bruce Hildenbrand: the area has been open since 2023.
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.
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
Monastic Groove is one of the best routes at the Outer Gates. It features refreshingly different holds than many of its neighboring 5.7/5.8s which tend to be very similar to each other.
This is the center most route in the Vestry, just downhill from the thin spire called the Steeple. Squeeze behind a detached boulder and start the route at its top. Climb up a fun water groove to a bulge with the biggest jugs that you will ever see. Pull through this, and continue for a few more bolts to a anchor set in an alcove about 70' up.
This is the center most route in the Vestry, just downhill from the thin spire called the Steeple. Squeeze behind a detached boulder and start the route at its top. Climb up a fun water groove to a bulge with the biggest jugs that you will ever see. Pull through this, and continue for a few more bolts to a anchor set in an alcove about 70' up.
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