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Elevation: 8,171 ft
GPS: 38.93435, -105.40736
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Shared By: Julian Smith on Sep 24, 2001
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"Turret Dome is the largest rock in Elevenmile and offers an excellent selection of moderate slab routes. The south face has routes up to three pitches long with runouts in some places. The west face is shorter and offers steeper routes." Bob D'Antonio (taken from his Elevenmile Canyon guidebook)...this says it all, "Outstanding multi-pitch rock with fewer [crowds] on it."

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Turret Dome is located 4.3 miles up the canyon on the right. Park at Elevenmile picnic area, cross the bridge and head upstream. You can't miss it. For south and west face routes, approach high over a short slab to avoid a dead end into the creek. This will take you directly into the start of Schooldaze.

From the summit, work north and downclimb to a saddle. Descend east to the picnic area.

Per Jon Banks: the descent from the summit has changed since the last comment. Now you can either rappel to the north from a fixed rope slung around a boulder near the summit or downclimb to the lower ledge (Class 4). These will bring you to a hard to spot boulder that is slung and has rap rings where you can do a short rappel to a lower ledge (if you downclimbed this section, it would be 5th Class). Walk off from here, then walk downhill to the east towards the picnic area.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Turret Dome

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5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
 55
Sunshine Slab
Trad 3 pitches
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 105
Schooldaze
Trad 3 pitches
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 45
Jaws
Trad 4 pitches
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 13
Fishook
Trad 3 pitches
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 78
Guide's Route
Trad 3 pitches
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 18
Velvet Habel
Trad, Sport
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
 46
Upper Lip
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 4
Upper Arch
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 14
Escorndido
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 4
Canine Rescue
Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 16
Junior Jules Doinks a Digit
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 7
Smoke Pot... Check Your Knot
Sport
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 4
Fashionably Uninvited
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Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Sunshine Slab
 55
5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c Trad 3 pitches
Schooldaze
 105
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad 3 pitches
Jaws
 45
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad 4 pitches
Fishook
 13
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad 3 pitches
Guide's Route
 78
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 3 pitches
Velvet Habel
 18
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Sport
Upper Lip
 46
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c Trad
Upper Arch
 4
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Escorndido
 14
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Canine Rescue
 4
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Junior Jules Doinks a Digit
 16
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
Smoke Pot... Check Your Knot
 7
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Fashionably Uninvited
 4
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
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