Pitch 1. From the top of the gully headwall, scramble/solo up 4th and lower 5th terrain until you are the base of a large and dark chimney on the wall proper. If you decide to rope up for this, you may have to do a bit of simul-climbing or build an intermediate belay (300? feet, 5th class).

Pitch 2. Instead of climbing that unholy and scrappy chimney, this pitch ascends a hand and finger crack through two small roofs just left of the chimney and then ends at a ledge with a prominent dead tree. Watch for deathblocks when pulling the second roof (200 feet, 5.9).

Pitch 3. From the belay ledge, head up and skirt left around the headwall into a thin, black dihedral system and belay on a ledge (200 feet, 5.9+).

Pitch 4. Ascend ledges to a large overhang and make improbable moves through the overhang, placing a medium cam in a mossy, wet crack. This pitch ends on a large terrace where you will have a great view of the Temple (200 feet, 5.9).

Hike up the terrace to the base of the Temple, aiming for a blocky corner and chimney system a bit right of the prominent pillar on the left side of the formation.

Pitch 5. Ascend the blocky corner for most of a ropelength to a ledge that is more or less level with the start of the corner system of the pillar (180 feet, 5.8).

Pitch 6. Make a delicate and runout traverse to the corner system and belay on a small ledge partway up the corner at the base of a slot (200 feet, 5.8).

Pitch 7. We did this last pitch in the dark, so all I can tell you is to head up and right until you top out. Watch for rope drag (200 feet, 5.8).

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Routes in The Temple of Solitude