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Green Dome Rock Climbing

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Areas in Green Dome

East Face 0 / 6 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

North Face (aka Kryptor) 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

West Face 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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Elevation:	3,500 ft	1,067 m
GPS:	34.4788, -119.602 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Green Dome aka Kryptor is a nice chunk of schist out on Camino Cielo. The rock is dense, but highly fractured, and you're likely to pull off a few souvenirs if you climb there. With that said, Green Dome has a great collection of medium to hard sport routes and is rarely crowded (probably due to the length of the drive). The wall doesn't get much sun, so its prime for spring and fall, and warm winter days.

Good bolts/anchors and most of the routes are PG.

Getting There

Drive up Gibraltar road past Gibraltar rock, and take a right at Camino Cielo. Drive until you reach the dirt road. Drive down the dirt road for about a mile, green dome will be on your left. There's a steep climbers trail down. As you approach the rock, the trail forks. If you go left you can walk up to the top of the rock to set up top ropes, or continue down to the west face. If you go right you can walk down to the east face where there are some easier routes.

The approach is about 10 minutes and could use some clearing back. Watch out for poison oak!

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Classic Climbing Routes at Green Dome

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 7 ● Metamorphosis Sport, TR E Face
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 7 ● Dancing Fingers Sport, TR E Face
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 5 ● Monster in the Maze Sport W Face
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 4 ● Quartz Crystal Sport W Face