From the base of the skull, traverse up to the right (east) till you come to a right-facing slot.  Face climb up and sling a horn 20 feet off the ground.  Pull up to a stance and lieback the slanting fin on the left.  Protection by way of cams protects this.  Work up the slab pinching and laying back on the fin to the top.

Thor's Horn

Inca Gold

Overhanging Crack

The Temple

Panties

Skull Fracture

The first route on the formation. Climb a 5.10 crack to a sloping but commodious ledge. The business starts here. Climb a very steep crack out the right eye socket of the skull using the nose for feet. Extremely powerful underclings and liebacks, not much jamming. Down jump to clean.

Start left of

Skull Fracture

below three bolts 15' up on a slab. Climb up easy terrain and clip the first bolt. Climb sustained 5.12 slab climbing to the third bolt. Work your way left several feet at third bolt and then up to a jug where angle eases and a red Alien or nut is possible to place. Continue left several more feet to first or second bolt on

The Temple

depending on where you traverse. Climb

The Temple

to the second roof. Stay under roof and climb the crack up and left to a shallow, left-facing corner and a stance. Keep your balance as you clip a bolt on the arete to your right. Climb a couple moves up corner, clip another bolt out right, and the make a big move out right onto the face. Climb straight up the face moving up and right at the last bolt.

This is a slightly overhanging crack to a slabby face.

This mixed route climbs the arete to the left of

Skull Fracture

. Begin in an easy crack, or on the face to the cracks right(5.9s), and work your way up to a bolt. Follow a couple more bolts straight up to a small roof at the base of a left-leaning groove. Clip a bolt and mantle over to a stance. Place a piece into the crack on the right, and make a balancy 11a no hands move over to the crack. Follow the flared 5.9 crack to its top with good gear. Move up left to the next roof and clip another bolt. Pull over the roof on awesome rock and great holds (10+) and move out right to the arete. Follow the arete to the top clipping more bolts.

There is not a bolt anchor at the top, so bring some extra gear. The easiest way to descend seems to be srambling off to the west down an easy slab and then around to the south face.

On the left side of the crag, climb up a nice hand to fist crack, traverse a little left and catch a bolt, and head straight up to the overhanging finger roof crack. Struuuuugle up to the 2 bolt anchor.

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Protection

Routes in Skull Rock