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Routes in Skull Cave
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[Redacted] S 5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a |
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Bone Machine S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Chokeslam S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a |
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Cracked Open Sky S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a |
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Cupcake S 5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b |
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Daydream Nation S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Diarrhea Mouth S 5.14d 9a 35 XI 36 E10 7c |
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Diddybop S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c |
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Dont' Trust Whitey S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a |
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Forgotten Years S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Kinder Cakes S 5.15a 9a+ 36 XI+ 37 E11 7c |
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Moroni Blows S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Pile Driver S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Pygmy Mastodon Boner S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Rave S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Skeletor S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a |
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| Type: | Sport, 90 ft (27 m) |
| FA: | Joe Kinder |
| Page Views: | 1,484 total · 27/month |
| Shared By: | Chris Deuto on May 26, 2020 |
| Admins: | Alvaro Arnal, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
With the exception of a few routes, Skull Cave has been mostly overlooked as most of the routes are old, rusty, and covered in spiderwebs. Now, the cave hosts one of Rifle’s best and perhaps most difficult line.
D Mouth begins by climbing Cracked Open Sky (13d) to a sweet, kneebar rest in the hole. Branch left from that route into unclimbed territory, and execute an amazing and difficult, power endurance crux sequence on pockets and heel hooks on very steep, beautiful rock to a flat jug at the lip of the cave. Rest up, and climb an endurance based traverse across the top of the massive cave to a 5.12a finish on blocky sidepulls. Essentially the route breaks down into 3 parts - powerful 13+ to V12 to pumpy 13+.
This is an incredibly inspiring line and a unique route for RMP, as most of the climbing is steeper than 80° and the holds are almost all pockets, similar to some steep limestone in Margalef, Spain.
D Mouth begins by climbing Cracked Open Sky (13d) to a sweet, kneebar rest in the hole. Branch left from that route into unclimbed territory, and execute an amazing and difficult, power endurance crux sequence on pockets and heel hooks on very steep, beautiful rock to a flat jug at the lip of the cave. Rest up, and climb an endurance based traverse across the top of the massive cave to a 5.12a finish on blocky sidepulls. Essentially the route breaks down into 3 parts - powerful 13+ to V12 to pumpy 13+.
This is an incredibly inspiring line and a unique route for RMP, as most of the climbing is steeper than 80° and the holds are almost all pockets, similar to some steep limestone in Margalef, Spain.
Location
Start on Cracked Open Sky, then at the kneebar branch left, and climb essentially to the other end of the cave.
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