This gem lies on the west face of Sphinx Rock, directly off the trail, and just right of Cherry Blossom, another marvelous route.

Climb the slabby face on the right taking care to not touch or weight the prominent flake system. Belay on top and walk off.

A better name would be

Don't Touch This Route

- what a  waste of bolts. Minus one star out of five.

Don't Touch That Flake

Using Your Nose

Cherry Blossom

Afterthought

Riddle of the Sphinx

Cleopatra

A good warm up route, with good pro for the hard moves. Definitely not as straight forward as some routes (in a good way). You have to run out the upper easy slab. Descend down and right.

Climbs a left-arching crack to where it ends and then joins the upper face of

Cherry Blossom

to the summit. Gear belay and down-climb to climber's right.

This fun route involves various stemming and palming maneuvers which make the bottom section of this route seem longer than it is.  Well worth doing if your passing by. Walk off the south side slabs.

Start 20 feet around and right from Using Your Nose (toward Mary Worth Buttress) at an obvious crack. Climb the crack to the top.

The route starts on the north-facing side of a large squarish block on the left side of the Sphinx formation. Scramble up boulders to access the base. An easy layback/flake leads to continuous steep smears past six bolts to the summit. The excellent rock and moves make this a classic Josh friction route.

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Routes in Sphinx Rock