Long and thin. Crimes of O' was the first route bolted at the Dome and an instant classic.Thin, intricate climbing through the first three bolts leads to a seemingly endless sea of crimps and sidepulls. A few good rests can be worked out if you have the body tension and calf strength to hold them. If you make it through the crux at the 3/4 mark just hang on for dear life as it does gain easier climbing above.A pre-clipped second bolt is helpful although I led it without one, just have an attentive belayer.

Crimes of Omission

Two Thumbs Down

Be Gay, Do Crime

The Jagged Edge

Release the Hens

Blood Diamond

Interstate Crack

If you liked Crimes of O' but really wished it had smaller holds, give this a try. A brilliant off-vertical adventure of beta memorizing and quarter-pad edges.From the ground to bolt 7 is one long crux with a few mediocre stances to break up hard moves. From the stance at bolt 7, continue up 5.10 terrain for 4 bolts to reach the blunt arete where a redpoint crux guards a fun 5.9 finish. 

Strength is irrelevant without technique, this climb is a testpiece of footwork and efficiency. While perhaps not a slab climb, this one caters to those who are light on their feet. Once cleaned, this may become one of the the most popular 12a in Vermont.

 Work up an easy corner to a high first bolt and a stance at the second bolt. From here, up the shallow crack and trend right up a barely off-vertical section to another stance at the 4th bolt. From here, journey up thin terrain that doesn't let off until you're just below the anchors and can end atop Interstate.

The name makes sense once you do it! This climb was once referred to as "shitty jams" as a TR route.

Climb the right-rising crack with good feet and interesting holds. Excellent gear can be found throughout. The crescendo of the climb is figuring out a way to stem on to the right wall at the top. A fixed anchor at the top of the chimney provides the belay for the 5.12 pitch above or as an anchor to descend.

An excellent route by any measure and a good one to try and onsight as the climbing is on the grade but easy to read by Vermont schist standards.Work up the easy crack/shallow corner to a stance at the left side of a large dish. Work up and left through a super fun traverse to a section of bigger holds. Just above lies the redpoint crux, shake out and go! Finally, work up easier terrain trending left to a shared hook anchor with Crimes of Omission.

A good route though the hard crux at the top detracts but that can be avoided with a new alternate left finish that ends at the same anchors. The grade on the left finish is about 5.10.Work up easy terrain to a stance below a corner. Steep fun 5.10 climbing gains a second stance below a bulge. Crimpy climbing through the bulge culminates to a hard sequence through a sharp crux and a two-bolt anchor on a ledge.

Originally called 5.10+ back in the day, this thing packs a punch. The Rose is for fists, the Thorn is for hands, and Interstate is for fingers.

 Start below the obvious left-leaning crack and climb it to a two-bolt anchor at the top.

 NOTE: This climb has been cleaned several times since re-opening but is likely still somewhat dirty so please be understanding and if you care to be a good steward, bring a brush and clean it when you lower so we can bring this thing back to its original glory!

The tallest section of the dome with some of the oldest climbing known to Bolton and excellent new sport climbs added since. Climb the trifecta of Release the Hens (11c), Crimes of Omission (12b), and Be Gay Do Crime (13a) and you'll have ticked three of the best pitches the Dome has to offer. Wash those down with Interstate (11b) and you'll have climbed 16 stars without moving your pack.

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