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The Bowling Alley

Submitted By: Michael Komarnitsky on Sep 22, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
Elevation: 7,073 feet
Latitude: 40.0021  Longitude: -105.4127 
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Shane on Take the Termites Bowling


Description 

A relatively newly bolted crag just east of Practice Rock. Somebody went bolt-crazy on this rock, but the result is very well protected routes. It's a steep dihedral; the east face is a solid slab, while the west face feels inverted and a little more crumbly. With a 60m rope, there's a great belay station with a nice rock as a bench.

To help reorganize this area, this crag is divided into the Main Crag & Lower Right Side.


Getting There 

Park as for Practice Rock, ~8.1 mi W of Elephant Buttresses. Hike up & R from Practice Rock.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Bowling Alley:
Mosquito Burrito   5.8     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 105 feet   Main Crag
Mosquito Dihedral   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Main Crag
Splitting Hares   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Lower Right Side
Father Figure   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Lower Right Side
Bad Girls Get Spanked   5.11     Sport, TR, 1 pitch   Main Crag
Midge Squadron   5.11b/c     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Main Crag
Shady Deal   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Lower Right Side
Take the Termites Bowling   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch   Main Crag
Centennial   5.11c/d     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Lower Right Side
A Tall Cool One   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Lower Right Side
Meteor Rhoadblock   5.12a/b     Sport, 1 pitch   Main Crag
Next to Nothing   5.12b     Sport, 2 pitches, 60 feet   Main Crag
Amazing Face   5.12c     Sport, 2 pitches   Main Crag
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The Bowling Alley and all of its tiers, as seen from across the Canyon. Photo by Tony Bubb, Y2K.

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By Chris Cavallaro
Dec 1, 2005

Does anyone know about the new climbs above the Bowling Alley? Is there a new guidebook which covers these climbs? Any info much appreciated!

Chris

By Rich C
Aug 11, 2008

There is now a lot of very very loose rocks/boulders along the approach to the top tier because of the rescue yesterday. BE CAREFUL

By Sofia
Oct 26, 2009

Red chalk bag found under the 5.9 or 5.10a behind tree route last week. Does this belong to anyone?