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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
A Bright Shining Lie 
Air Express 
Altered States 
Angel's Ladder 
Betty's Altered Elbow 
Betty's In 3D 
Clutching at Straws 
Del Tongo 
Discrete Feat 
Dropping Out 
Eagle Roof 
Magic Circus 
March of the Gummi Bears 
Proscenium 
Romance on the Rocks 
Sleight of Hand 
Slip Slidin' 
Sticky Fingers 
Stumpy 
Thoroughflare 

Altered States Gully 


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Submitted By: Nathan Fisher on Jul 8, 2005

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Description 

Mostly west-facing, this gully has some fine slab routes, some great rock, some bad rock, and some moderate cracks. Not a location for the faint of heart as the approach borders on comical, and none of the easier routes are well-protected. Romance on the Rocks, Altered States, A Bright Shining Lie, are just some of the fine lines.

P.S.Good slabbers come here as the rock needs a bit of cleaning, but otherwise some great lines.


Getting There 

Caveat: My approach information may not be the best. About 50 feet up canyon form the archives road is a weak gully. Work your way up this gully, bushwhacking and trail-finding the entire way. Work your way further west through clearings until the main gully is attained. Climb up this gully.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Altered States Gully:
Altered States   5.9 R     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
Betty's Altered Elbow   5.9+     Trad, 4 pitches, 470 feet, Grade II   
Discrete Feat   5.9+ R     Trad, 2 pitches, 280 feet   
A Bright Shining Lie   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 140 feet   
Sticky Fingers   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Romance on the Rocks   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch, 180 feet   
Air Express   5.11d R     Trad, 1 pitch, 110 feet   
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Featured Route For Altered States Gully
A poor pic of the line (the dead center splitter) from just downslope in the scrub- it's a bit foreshortened.

Stumpy 5.11a  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Altered States Gully
Named for the odd decapitated (but still thriving) pine at the head of the crack, Stumpy is the obvious splitter seen up-gully from the top of the Betty’s climbs or the last pitch of Altered States. Standing atop Betty’s Altered Elbow the line is obvious, perhaps about 300 vertical feet and a hefty bushwack away. It requested an ascent and we obliged.If you have previous ascent info let me know and I’ll update it.The start seemed a bit stiff, consisting of a steep flaring thin-finger crack wit...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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By Anonymous Coward
Jul 12, 2005

I'd like to check this place out but I dont like to chase geese.

By Nathan Fisher
Apr 29, 2006

As of 04/28/06, there was a cairn marked trail that was not too hard to follow to Altered States and The Fin. It starts just east of the archives road.

By Xover
Aug 26, 2006

No cairn anymore; just head up boulder strewn gully as opposed to bushwhacking.

By tenesmus
Apr 22, 2007

The trail is a lot easier to follow this year. Start per Nathan's description, but when you get a little past the large boulder start looking to the right for a nice trail with switchbacks through the trees and dumps you out at the bottom of the lower butress and then back into the gully

I was just looking at the route list for this area and most everything has an "R" by it. Most of the routes don't feel that bad though.

By Will Roth
From: Lake Placid, NY
May 29, 2010

The approach is very easy and pretty fast. Start up the trail about 50ft East (up canyon) of the Archive Road. Keep going on this trail straight uphill. Eventually this trail comes to the base of the cliffs. Head West (left) and the trail dumps you into the gully just below the routes. Really cool area to explore! Great slab routes!!!!