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Elevation: 5,927 ft
GPS: 31.92201, -110.00142
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Shared By: eMurdock on Nov 10, 2009 · Updates
Admins: adrian montaƱo, Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen

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The Tombstone is a distinctive, prism shaped rock that has neon green lichen and an obvious offwidth on the west face. It can't be missed when you are about a half a mile from the end of the road on the west side of the stronghold. The routes face west and north and are all high-quality and worthwhile. There are about 4 established routes and one super-worthy project (hard crack to face) as of November 2009. All of the routes are one long single pitch. Descend via double rope rappel.

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Park in a very large pullout/campsite on the south side of the road, about .7 miles from the end of the road.
Hike for about 20 or 30 minutes to the southeast toward the obvious Tombstone formation with the massive offwidth/chimney that splits the west face. Approach is casual with a little bit of bushwacking if you are unlucky.

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Tombstone

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 14
Dark Shadows
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5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
 45
Tombstone Crack
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 32
Stiletto
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5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 20
Old School Executioner
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5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
 4
Laid to Rest
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Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Dark Shadows
 14
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
Tombstone Crack
 45
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 Trad
Stiletto
 32
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad
Old School Executioner
 20
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad
Laid to Rest
 4
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Trad
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