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Routes in Temple Crag
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Backside of Beyond T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a |
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Barefoot Bynum T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Dark Star T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Eclipsed Arete T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R |
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Mendenhall Couloir T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b Mod. Snow |
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Moon Goddess Arete T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Planaria T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Sun Ribbon Arete T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Temple, Galey, Sill Traverse T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Venusian Blind T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 700 ft (212 m), 6 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | Doug Robinson and Jim Herrington, October, 1998 |
| Page Views: | 1,201 total · 22/month |
| Shared By: | Jim Herrington on Nov 13, 2019 |
| Admins: | Chris Owen, Lurk Er, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Description
Temple Crag has a hidden face. Last October, when the Celestial Arêtes retreated behind snow and ice and shadow, I recalled a sunnier side, and Jim Herrington and I went over Contact Pass to have a look. The south face is half a mile wide with less relief and simpler architecture, but we still wandered over slabs and past shimmering tarns for a couple of hours before the main features settled into focus and we chose a line. Near the right edge of the face, a crack/chimney line runs straight up to the left side of a small tower on the skyline. Beginning 40 feet to its right, we were soon in the system and two pitches up. Above, the crack bulged into an unappetizing chimney, so we again took to the wall on the right. Steep face climbing kept opening upward, cruxing just as it linked to a traverse left back to the chimney, now narrowed to offwidth. Increasingly blocky climbing led straight up two more pitches. By then it was dark and snowing lightly, but the angle broke and an easier pitch went by starlight and headlamp to an excellent summit (six pitches, 5.9+). We named the line for Allan Bard. “You know you are on the backside of beyond when you feel the crisp bite of winter air in your lungs and the sting of wind-driven snow on your face,” wrote Allan. Can this be the first new route on Temple Crag in 21 years?
- Doug Robinson, 1999 American Alpine Journal
- Doug Robinson, 1999 American Alpine Journal
Location
Hike up the North Fork of Big Pine Creek to Third Lake then go towards the north face of Temple Crag. Once under the north face (where Dark Star is located), head south and ascend much talus towards the notch on the east side of Temple Crag which is Contact Pass. Cross over the pass and down and then see above description.
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