Caruncle

Turkey Trot

Fall Harvest

Fall Harvest (5.9+, 200 feet, 2 pitches)Direct Northwest Face of Turkey DomeThis route is pleasantly sustained and suited to the slab aficionado. If you aren't armed with fundamental sandslab technique, expect both pitches to feel a grade harder. Biophiles will dig the psychedelic lichen on the first pitch. At sunset, this side of the dome seems to emanate golden light from within, and the black-breasted swifts love it.Starting the second pitch during the ground-up first ascent, I unexpectedly ripped out of a stance while drilling a bolt and took a 15-foot ledge fall with All the Sharp Things on me. Good times!Pitch 1 (5.8, 100', 7 bolts): Ascend the lichenous crimp-ladder and finish on a balancy headwall. Two-bolt chain anchor on scenic ledge.Move the belay 30 feet right along the ledge to a one-bolt belay below the second pitch.Pitch 2 (5.9+, 100', 8 bolts): Head up the clean slab passing a commitment crux at the third bolt. Cruise up the exposed upper slabs following spaced bolts up and right. Two-bolt chain anchor on back of shelf.Leave the rope here, step left, and scramble (3rd class) 30 feet up to and down from the awesome summit. Sign the logbook while you're up there!Descent: Rappel the route with one 60m rope. Both rappels are exactly 100 feet.

This ground-up bolted slab route ascends the blank southeast face of the main dome. Mediocre slabbing in a secluded setting, and an epic summit.Pitch 1 (5.9, 100', 10 bolts): Climb the moderate slab passing a friction crux at the 6th bolt. Two-bolt chain anchor at the lip of the Picnic Ledge.Pitch 2 (5.2, 70', 4 bolts): Climb straight up the easy slab to a two-bolt chain anchor just below the summit stack.Scramble (4th class) up and left onto the awesome summit. Dig the 360° view, sign the logbook, then reverse this scramble on the way down.Descent: Rappel the route with one 60m rope.

Turkey Dome is a large, pointed butte headlining the broad Turkey Creek drainage. On its northwest side stands the sheer tower known as Avery's Drumstick. This dome/tower pair is one of the most prominent landmarks in the Little Park area of southwest Sedona.

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Routes in Turkey Dome