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:
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.
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.
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