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Elevation: 8,800 ft 2,682 m
GPS: 40.40987, -105.50329
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Shared By: Leo Paik on Aug 17, 2012
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC
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This is an obvious, short, wide swath of granite that lies above and east of Gem Lake. It may have other names. The rock is shorter on its northern end and rises to near 300 feet on its southern end. Climbers have infrequently ventured onto these faces. There is room for exploration.

The taller face can be divided by 3 main chimneys into 4 main faces.

There are scramble offs of the northern middle and northern face going to the north and hooking up with the trail. There is a scramble off for the southern-most face going to the south and into a brushy gully between this rock and the shorter rock just to the south.

I just heard from Greg Sievers that he put in a 5.9+ route there back a while. Also, I heard that Scott Kimball spent a bit of time there.

L->R:

A. Squeezeasy, 9- PG-13, 3p, 330', gear.
B. Left of Cleft, 9+, 1p, 100', gear.
C. The Cleft, 9-, 2p, 170', gear.
D. Exemplary Behavior, 9, 2p, 240', gear.

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From the Lumpy Ridge trailhead, hike out the eastern trail towards Gem Lake. At ~0.5 miles, you T with the Black Canyon trail. Head east (right) and follow the trail another 1.3 miles to this crag with a net gain of ~1100'. You will see this rock from the trailhead / parking lot. You will get better views from Paul Bunyon's Boot. You can also see this rock from Pulpit Rock and McGraw Ranch. Also, you can see the parking lot from the summit.

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On the hike back, Twin Owls gets some nice lighting.
On the hike back, Twin Owls gets some nice ligh…
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On Sept 2, 2010, Ross Swanson and I climbed the big cleft to the right of me. I found an old pin with sling at where I belayed Ross up the next pitch (crux, 5.9-). After scrambling around to the east and back to the our base, I led the pitch pictured here: intermittent right-leaning flakes and cracks to the left of the cleft and ending at the same belay by the old pin (5.9+, Aliens through #3 Camalot). We rapped. When I have time, I'll think of a name and place it in the route list.
On Sept 2, 2010, Ross Swanson and I climbed the…
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This is a crag just to the west that looked better from the trail than it did up close. Gem Lake Wall was better.<br> <br> <em>Edit: I'm told by Scott K. that this may be Cosmic Commode Crag with 4 routes.</em>
This is a crag just to the west that looked bet…
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Unknown crag just to the south. The rock is reminiscent of Jurassic Park at Lily Lake.
Unknown crag just to the south. The rock is re…
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This is the shorter side above Gem Lake itself.
This is the shorter side above Gem Lake itself.
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The taller bit of Gem Lake Wall.
The taller bit of Gem Lake Wall.
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