Climbs the steep southern face, near the left arete. Something, or several somethings, may have broken on this thing: seems pretty dang hard for 11d.

Backburner

Climb Bomb

Climb Machine

Purple Suede

Climb Warp

The Bobby

Isis

Wanders up the face and arete at the bottom of the gully.

The right-hand climb on the front of the formation. Climb a short, steep left leaning crack to a big break under a roof. Pull out the roof and make a long move to gain a very suspect hold, then surmount the bulge to a series of overhanging varnished cracks to its high shared anchor with Climb Warp.

Climbs a curving crack in the gully left of the Bomb proper. Not much crack climbing on this one, but the rock is a bit better than its neighbors.

Climbs a pair of bulges on mostly good rock (a couple of suspect jugs) low in the gully. Easier than The Bobby.

Climbs the left line on the front of the formation. A few steep moves pull up into a steep seam, which runs to easier terrain near the top of the route. A bit of choss on this one, but nothing too bad.

Solid rock throughout. An easy start leads to a thin and awkward finish with the crux just below the anchor. Best route at the cliff in my opinion.

Both of these formations sit on the west side of the gully up and left from The Black Hole and Civilization Crag. Mostly sunny, becoming more so as the day goes on.

Description

Protection

Routes in Velvet Elvis and The Climb Bomb