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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
Constant Gardener (aka the Pursuit of Fappiness), The 
Devil, The 
Earth Angel 
Fapanese Direct 
Fool, The 
Goat F***er 
Hanged Man, The 
Horse, The 
Lust 
Magician, The 
S.I.N. 
Tower, The 
Wheel of Fortune 

Tarot Wall 


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BETA PHOTO: The First Tier and Tarot Wall areas of Avalon.

Description 

Tarot Wall is the leftmost area on the Second Tier. Home to a number of good 5.10 and 5.11 sport routes, including The Devil (11c), Lust (10c), The Tower (10a), and Wheel of Fortune (10a). Earth Angel (12d) is a difficult testpiece that has seen very few ascents.

A fun new route, The Magician (9 or 10), climbs an arete at the left side of Tarot Wall.

L->R:

A. The Magician, 9 or 10, 1p, 80', gear & bolts. Cracks, arete, face, roof.
B. Ah Ya Punter, 11, 1p, gear. LFD & roof.
C. Earth Angel, 12+, 1p, 80', bolts. Face, roof, and arete on left.
D. Fapanese Direct, 12, 1p, 80', bolts.
E. The Constant Gardener, 12+, 1p, bolts.
F. The Devil, 11, 1p, 70', bolts. Steep, bulging face.
G. Lust, 10, 1p, 90', bolts, steep face.
H. The Fool, 10, 1p, 60', bolts. Awkward at start.
I. The Tower, 9+, 1p, 100', bolts. Long, varied, enjoyable.
J. S.I.N., 10, 1p, 90', gear.
K. Wheel of Fortune, 10-, 1p, 60', bolts. Corner, roof, steep face.
L. The Horse, 10+, 1p, 60', bolt & gear. Overhang to cracks.
M. The Hanged Man, 10, 1p, 50', bolts. Brief overhang to face.

On a short wall by the talus field approach:

N. Goat F***ker, 11+, 25', bolts. Quartz dike.


Getting There 

Climb up the talus field above the Tyrolean Traverse. A dirt trail starts at the top of the talus. Continue up the trail a short distance until the trail splits; take the left branch to get to Tarot Wall. Follow the trail left around a shoulder to the road side of the crag. The first route you'll see is The Hanged Man at a low overhang with a bolt.

If you started your day climbing on the First Tier, you can continue up the path left from there and reach the left side of Tarot Wall, by the route Earth Angel.

Also on the left side of Tarot Wall is a trail heading downstream toward Solaris.

See the Beta Photo for details.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tarot Wall:
The Tower   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Lust   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
The Devil   5.11d     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Fapanese Direct   5.12     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
The Constant Gardener (aka the Pursuit of Fappiness)   5.12     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Earth Angel   5.12d     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Featured Route For Tarot Wall
Fapanese Direct is the line to the left of the climber.

Fapanese Direct 5.12  CO : Boulder Canyon : ... : Tarot Wall
This is a new route (autumn 2007) up the roof-to-headwall right of Earth Angel, on the Tarot Wall. It climbs out the body-length roof via a sort of inset corner before railing left along the lip to the head up incipient cracks on the headwall.Someone had drilled holes for anchor bolts at the top, but didn't put the bolts in, so we used those. The roof is the business, but the headwall is pumper than it looks -- very sustained for Boulder Canyon and a top-quality line......[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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Avalon, showing most of the major features. <br /> <br />Note: The depicted Northeast Face is also known as Crack Land.

BETA PHOTO: Avalon, showing most of the major features.

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By Bruno D
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 2, 2011

Someone left some climbing shoes here on Saturday July 30th...call me if they are yours 973 255 0862.