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Amphitheater Guide

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Table of contents

1. Amphitheater 34 routes in Crag

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Seasonality

All Sport climbing

summary

Listed from left to right.

access issues

Do not camp in the climbing parking lot. It is private property and illegal camping jeopardizes access for all. There is camping down the road at the Horne Lake Regional Park, or a multitude of other discrete spots to park for the night.

If the parking lot is full, or you can't get your car up the rutted out path to the parking lot, do not park on the road. Park at the camp ground and walk up. Horne Lake road is an active logging road and parking on the road jeopardizes access for all.

Please also respect the fire closures which sometimes take place in July and August. Check the status of the access on the strata website (hornelake.bc.ca) before visiting during these months.

inherited from Horne Lake

approach

From the car park head straight up an old road for 50m, there will be a path on the right if you follow going straight up will take you straight to the amphitheater.

RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Horne Stars

The furthest left route in the amphitheater. The route trends leftwards above the Century Wall. Watch for loose rock near the top.

5.12d Sport
2 Storm Troopers

The second to last route on the left side of the cave. Start on the furthest left ledge by the tree stump above Quarter Century Girl. The route trends slightly left before continue straight up a tufa. Originally ended one bolt earlier, the anchors were moved after a block came loose.

5.12c Sport
3 Code of Honour 5.12c Sport 25m
4 Omertà

Extension to Code of Honour

5.13d Sport
5 Wart Hog 5.12a Sport 10m
6 Smooth Boar 5.12c Sport
7 Motivation 5.13d Sport
8 Borarsaurus

Climb Smooth Bore/Motivation to the left edge of the big rest hole shared with Dino. Continue straight up and finish as for Dinosaur Highway. Rope drag is a factor.

5.13d Sport
9 Divine swine 5.12c Sport
10 Jurassic Pork

Climb Divine Swine into Dinosaur Highway

5.14a Sport
11 Dinosaur Highway 5.13d Sport 30m
12 Jesus is a Dinosaur

Climbs through the first crux of pushers then heads left into a rest before a long sustained boulder problem.

5.14a Sport
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
13 (Jesus) Save the Pushers 5.13a Sport 30m
14 Plastic Jesus 5.12b Sport 18m
15 Cloudburst

The left hand route off the ledge just above the lip of the amphitheater.

5.12d Sport
16 Jesus Loves a Link Up

A link up of "Jesus Save the Pushers" (13a) and "ADATO". Climb the first 2 bolts of the "Jesus Save the Pushers" extension then continue rightwards into "ADATO" just above the double kneebar rest. Continue for the remainder of "ADATO".

5.14a Sport
17 Northern Man

A link up of "Jesus Save the Pushers" (13a) and "ADATO" (14b). Climb "ADATO" until the double kneebar rest, then bust left into "Jesus Save the Pushers" continue for the remainder of "Jesus Save the Pushers".

5.14a Sport
18 A.D.A.T.O 5.14a Sport
19 A.S.D.A.T.O

As for ADATO but head right from the double knee bar rest

5.14b Sport
20 Velvet Elvis 5.12a Sport 20m
21 Driven

Shares the first 3 bolts with Globetrotters. At the roof take the left line of bolts out the roof.

5.14a Sport
22 Globe Trotters 5.13c Sport 25m
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
23 Fuzzy Slippers

Two routes left of You Enjoy Myself. Up slightly overhanging wall to anchors in roof using sidepulls midway. Fixed draws

5.11a Sport 15m
24 Addicted to War

Immediately left of You Enjoy Myself. Starts up slabby rock and into steep corner. Continue up to anchors in roof, beside a stalactite. Fixed draws.

5.11b Sport 15m
25 Art of War 5.12d Sport
26 You Enjoy Myself 5.11a Sport 20m
27 Fast Cat

One of two extensions to You Enjoy Myself (11a), shares the first bolt with Moment of Silence, (13c) which continues rightwards. Fast Cat moves leftwards and joins Globetrotters at the lip of the cave, then finish for Globe.

5.13c Sport
28 Moment of Silence

One of two extensions to You Enjoy Myself (11a), shares the first bolt with Fast Cat, (13c) which continues leftward to join Globetrotters. Moment of Silence bypass the second draw in the roof and instead you clip the draw out right. Then continue to a bouldery crux at the lip of the roof.

5.13b Sport
29 Suburbia

Start on Subdivisions for 5 bolts. Where Subdivisions cuts hard right, clip a bolt out left and follow the lip of the Amphitheatre up left past a reachy crux. Clip another bolt straight up then pull the lip to a good stance. One more tricky face sequence gets you to the anchor.

5.13a Sport 20m
30 Silence in Suburbia

Start on Subdivisions for 5 bolts. Where Subdivisions cuts hard right, clip a bolt out left and follow the lip of the Amphitheatre up left past a reachy crux. Keep following the lip up and left to join Moment of Silence at the last bolt. Finish on the Moment of Silence anchor.

5.13b Sport
31 Roll Up the Rim

Start up Silence in Suburbia, downclimb the crux of Moment of Silence into the Fast Cat traverse, climb the traverse into the anchors of Globetrotters

5.13d Sport
32 Subdivisions

Shares the first two bolts with Moonraker then continues leftwards out the steep roof. After pulling the lip it is possible to cut right back into the top of Moonraker (original finish), however the line continues straight up for two more bolts before finishing at the Mookraker anchor.

5.12d Sport
33 Moonraker 5.12b Sport 25m
34 Full Moon

Also known as "Pasta Blaster". This is the extension to Moonraker. A 70m rope is required to lower, otherwise lower down to the Moonraker anchor and re-lower form there.

5.12c Sport

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
5.11a Fuzzy Slippers Sport 15m
You Enjoy Myself Sport 20m
5.11b Addicted to War Sport 15m
5.12a Velvet Elvis Sport 20m
Wart Hog Sport 10m
5.12b Moonraker Sport 25m
Plastic Jesus Sport 18m
5.12c Code of Honour Sport 25m
Divine swine Sport
Full Moon Sport
Smooth Boar Sport
Storm Troopers Sport
5.12d Art of War Sport
Cloudburst Sport
Horne Stars Sport
Subdivisions Sport
5.13a (Jesus) Save the Pushers Sport 30m
Suburbia Sport 20m
5.13b Moment of Silence Sport
Silence in Suburbia Sport
5.13c Fast Cat Sport
Globe Trotters Sport 25m
5.13d Borarsaurus Sport
Dinosaur Highway Sport 30m
Motivation Sport
Omertà Sport
Roll Up the Rim Sport
5.14a A.D.A.T.O Sport
Driven Sport
Jesus Loves a Link Up Sport
Jesus is a Dinosaur Sport
Jurassic Pork Sport
Northern Man Sport
5.14b A.S.D.A.T.O Sport
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