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Home to many many moderate (5.7 - 5.10a) well-bolted sport routes, this is rightly one of the more popular destinations at the Monastery. One finds such highly featured rock the crux is often in hanging out long enough to decide which holds to use. Classics include No Mystery Here (5.7), The Steeple (5.8), and Monastic Groove (5.8).

[Eds. Going NW from the Outer Gates are narrow subcorridors, with routes inside, separating some of these southern-most Outer Gates SE faces of these crags. Some of these subcorridors have separate names. These subcorridors are: unnamed, unnamed, The Balcony, Hallowed Hall, & Inner Sanctum. For the purposes of organization, routes within this subcorridors will be organized in the The Vestibule section.]

Getting There 

Just before the Guardian, head downhill, basically skirting around the left side of the main towers of the Monastery. You will pass just below the two bolted routes on the Not So Hairy Pin (5.8+ and 5.11d). Just past these routes take a right turn down the hill and you will begin passing alonside the Outer Gates. You will pass Harley Davidson (5.12c) up high then Simplexity (5.9+) and Going to the Chapel (5.8) at the Balcony. Finally one reaches the high density collection of routes on the Steeple, Vestry and Wine Cellar.

The Classics

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Hog Heaven 5.10a  CO : Estes Park Valley : ... : Outer Gates

This route lies on the Steeple formation inside the Hallowed Hall. When standing at the base of the route "The Steeple", turn left and walk into the narrow passage of the Hallowed Hall. You will see the first bolt of Hog Heaven about 30 feet left of The Steeple. A line of ten bolts rises up, then angles left, then straight up again to a new Fixe rings anchor. The route get progressively steeper and harder as you climb. The crux comes up high near the ninth or tenth bolt....[more]   Browse More Classics in CO

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Somewhere in the Outer Gates.	Outer Gates.	A sample of the unique rock at The Outer Gates.
Downclimbing thru one of the many little alleys to...