Tiptoe Through The Tulips starts left of the nadir of Pulpit Rock in a water groove with bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  There are 3 variations (Griff-Orama, TTTT, and

Shroom Groove

) once you get to the 2nd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  The center bolt line is the Tiptoe....  There is a crux slab move after the 3rd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  If you force the line up the slab higher, it'll feel at least 5.9.  If you use the obvious left groove/flake, it will be easier.  At the 10th bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13), there is an obvious ledge / belay stance with a bolt (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13) that can be supplemented with a green / blue Alien, 5.8+, ~80'.  You may get weird rope drag over this roof.

You can downclimb to the anchors on

Vegetative State

to rappel, scramble off to the left, or continue up the rock either going into the chimney above, 5.6 PG-13?, or left into the crack system for another 2 pitches, 5.8+ PG-13.

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Left Wing Communists

Anatomically Incorrect

Shroom Groove

Wight Wing Wadicals

Old Pin Route

Peachtree Street

Judy's and Ellie's Grand Night Out

Garden Party

Praying Hands

Tunnel Vision

Walk In The Park

Griff-Orama

Pulpit Rock Left

Vegetative Estate

Right Side

This line goes up the middle of Pulpit Rock just right of the obvious chimney,

Walk In The Park

.  It is worth a run for the adventure of it.  The name is in honor of a wonderful moonlight snowshoe adventure with friends Judy & Ellie out to

Bridalveil Falls

.

P1. Climb the trad version of

Griff-Orama

starting just to the left of the nadir of the rock, left of the groove that used to have the bolted line

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

.  The crux is pulling up into the left side of the groove where you can get a low, small cam, but a fall here without that bolt is now a ledger.  Belay up in a big hole in a huge flake, 5.8 PG-13/R, ~115'.

P2.  This is the meat of the climb.  Move up and slightly right onto a slab above a juniper bush.  There is a decent runout on a slab up to the gritty crack/undercling where you can get a mediocre small cam perhaps 25 feet up.  A #3 Camalot up in the undercling area lets you relax a bit.  Now, it is interesting for another 25 feet protected with cams where your feet are on gritty slopers and you get rounded, lichened sidepulls for your hands. Once up in a pod, traverse easily right to a trough.  Use long slings on any pro in the trough to reduce drag.  Follow a squiggly crack to a decent stance, 5.8+ R, 130'.

P3. The crack looks much less steep up close, but it is longer than it looks.  Move up using crack and face moves to the top, 5.8, 115'.

To descend, we slung a horn with a link above the chimney to rappel.  The old sling under the boulder was chewed up by rodents.

This is an obvious, left-angling crack that climbs a wee bit harder than it looks.

Start to the right of

Tunnel Vision

, move up to the left-angling crack.  Figure out a way linking some fragile-appearing holds to mostly left of the crack.  You can jam the crack a bit.  Once the left-angling crack disappears, wander up and right on easy terrain to the rappel tree.

Rappel ~90' from a sling and link around a tree.

This is a good line with a moderate runout in one section in the middle.  It has some neat patina'ed rock in that section.

Start up and around to the left of

Shroom Groove

,

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

, etc. by maybe 100 feet.  Start in an obvious crack (shared with

Wight Wing Wadicals

that goes up to a tree ~20 feet up.  Continue up to a slanting ledge.  Move left of the offwidth bulge onto nice knobs and edges.  This line stays left to gain a hanging crack.  Continue up to the top of this side of the rock.

Rappel ~90' from a sling with a link around a staub on the tree.  In the future, this may get some rappel bolts.

Shroom Groove starts the same as for

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

. Veer right after the 2nd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13). Groove up the water chunnel past 6 more bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13) to a itty, bitty roof. Here, there are 2 choices:  1) you can pull the roof (right seemed easier). Move up to the bolt (which seem2 to have been removed as of 5/14/13) and belay, 5.8. 2) move left and finish as for

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

.  You can back up the last bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13) with small cams.

From here, you can scramble down to the 2 bolt belay (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13) of

Vegetative Estate

and rappel, scramble off to the left, or continue up as for Delusions of Grandeur (chimney), 5.6 PG-13, or the left crack, 5.8+ PG-13.

This is a good line with two options ~1/3 the way up that dramatically affect the difficulty level.

Start up and around to the left of

Shroom Groove

,

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

, etc. by maybe 100 feet.  Start in an obvious crack (the same as

Anatomically Incorrect

) that goes up to a tree ~20 feet up.  Continue up to a slanting ledge.  Here, you have a choice.  1) Move left of the offwidth bulge onto nice knobs and edges (the same as

Anatomically Incorrect

).  Go up perhaps 10 feet, then move  right back to the crack above the bulge.  2) Take on the bulging offwidth directly, 8, with an arm bar and a reach to a good knob.  You would likely want something wide for this bit, a #3.5 Camalot fits at the crux. Continue up to the top of this side of the rock.

Rappel ~90' from a sling with a link around a staub on the tree.  In the future, this may get some rappel bolts.

This climb was an interesting find as it showed evidence that this rock has likely been ascended since the 1960s.  The vintage hardware is clearly older than most fixed gear in the area.  Note, it isn't entirely clear how P1 went, but P2's hardware shows the line.  We found this pitch after lowering to clean a stuck cam and spying pins in the crack.

P1a.  You can wander up slabs and small overlaps on lightly protectable terrain to the left.

P1b.  You can climb over the bulge of

Right Side

and belay on a ledge, 8+, 100'.

P2. Move left into a crack passing at least 4 ancient, soft iron pitons on fairly licheny terrain.  There are a few nice crystals along this stretch.  Move delicately on face holds angling rightward to reach a flake below a bush.  There were half-eaten slings here, probably evidence of rodent habitation.  9, 110'.

P3. Move up delicately standing on some blocks passing a bush into a wide crack.  The difficulty is brief here.  Continue up and right to belay at a comfortable spot on the right near a wide-fingers, horizontal crack.  8, 100'.

To exit, scamper up to the top, traverse leftward and down. Find a large boulder under which there is a beige sling and remnants of a cut red sling.

Please check the sling in its entirety before rappelling, since rodents chew on some slings here.

Rappel 40'. Walk down to the right.

This route really needs a brush, as it feels like it's been a long time since it was climbed (and cleaned).

The crux of this route is getting into the hand crack at the two foot pine.

Boulder to some left-facing flakes. It takes good stoppers. Climb to the roof, step right up on the face instead of pulling the roof. Bindly place a hand-size cam, and balance your way left. This move can be made a lot harder. Once again, footwork's the key.

Rap from tree or go to top and walk off.

This is a newer bolted line from 2012? near the nadir of Pulpit Rock.  It is fun and a nice route to add a bit of mileage at the beginning or end of your day up there.

It starts as for

Vegetative State

, clipping its first 3 bolts.  Then it goes straight up with the crux section starting as you clip the 4th bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  Pay attention to your left foot holds, as that seems to be the crux.  This has some nice stem positions for clipping.  The difficulties ease of at the top, and you can bring a small Alien or TCU to protect the very top, if you like close protection.  Currently, the anchor bolts have 2 locking biners which make for a bit of rope tightness on the lower.

BTW, Jay felt it could be 10+, so there could be any easier sequence than I found...or maybe he's just a hardman.

I may add a bolt at the crux, it could be an ankle breaker.

P1. Place a small wire over the roof in middle of crux. After getting the gear, you need to reposition yourself to the right to pull the crux. To pull the move over the stopper, it's a grade harder. In short, if you're solid at the grade, skip the stopper climb straight up from the hand jam.

This ascends a water groove on the far left side of Pulpit Rock.  The crux is brief and down low.  The protection is lean for a while above the crux.  It is a bit licheny.

Climb up the water groove.  Angle right on easy terrain aiming for the rappel tree after the groove ends.

Rappel 90' off a sling with a link around a tree.

This is the obvious line up the middle of Pulpit Rock's central chimney.  It may have been done a long time ago, but details are lacking at this point.  If you have more info, let me know and I can update this.

There are a number of different ways to get up to the chimney.  Currently either the left or right starts to

Griff-Orama

seem reasonable.

P1. Climb

Griff-Orama

either up the crack to the tree, 8, or out right into a groove, back left into a slot of sorts, and up to the hole at the top of the flake, 8, 115'.

P2. The brief crux of the route comes shortly after the belay.  There used to be a bolt to protect this move, but now you have to get a green Alien sized cam, move up and left past it.  Continue up to the right-facing dihedral and beginning of the chimney.  There is a move out left to a flake that keeps this 5.6.  Move up and regain the chimney.  Continue up to a belay, 8+ PG-13, 130'.

P3. This looks far more challenging than it turns out to be.  Chimney upwards staying out of the bottom of the groove using features on both side to protect.  Closer to the saddle in the chimney, it is easier to move deeper in the chimney.  You can top out left or right, although currently only the right top out has the sling and link for a rappel.

Rappel 40' down the back side of the chimney.  Walk down to the right.

This is a odd line left of the nadir of Pulpit Rock.  Initially, I thought it started as for

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

, but I was informed that it started to the left below a tiny tree, although the other start may be a better variation.

Start on a lichened slab under a tiny tree.  Here you have 2 choices:

Left version: go up an innocuous looking crack in a dihedral.  Below the tree, the feet become smears and the crack is a bit challenging to use.  Stay focused and get the tree.  Move up and right to a belay in a hole at the top of a flake, 115'.

Right version: Angle right to gain a smoother slab with a bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  Clip and smear upwards (crux).  Above you are faced with a choice of left or right.  Left seemed to be more independent, so we went up the awkward bit to the tree.  Continue up past a bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  You can continue upwards as for

Pulpit Rock Left

or traverse and downclimb the knobby slab to the bolt anchor (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13) for

Vegetative Estate

.

This is a good, enjoyable line that may be the obvious ascent line for Pulpit Rock.  It has many options for a first pitch.

P1a.  Apparently, the original start went to the left of the bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13) here.

P1b. There is another start that goes off of a pointy flake, and it has a bolt (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13).

P1c. This starts are for

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

and goes left before the 3rd bolt (

Griff-Orama

, FA 2011) (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  It finishes on gear.  There is also another start to the left on blocky terrain.

P1d.

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

.

Start left of the nadir of Pulpit Rock in a water groove with bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  There are 3 variations once you get to the 2nd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13). The central variation is the one we took (FA Sierra Dall, 2011).  There is a crux slab move after the 3rd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  If you force the line up the slab higher, it'll feel at least 5.9.  If you use the obvious left groove/flake, it will be easier.  At the 10th bolt, there is an obvious ledge / belay stance with a bolt that can be supplemented with a green / blue Alien, 5.8+, ~80'.  You may get weird rope drag over this roof.

P1e.

Shroom Groove

, FA by Denis, 2009. Start the same as for P1d. Veer right after the 2nd bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  Groove up the water chunnel past 6 more bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13) to a itty, bitty roof.  Pull the roof (right seemed easier).  Move up to the bolt and belay, 5.8.

Alternatively, you can finish to the left on the finish of P1b.

P2.  This is the fun pitch.  Move up on easy jugs, place a tiny cam in a horizontal, clip the bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13), and make this pitch's crux moves (easier slightly to the right).  Move up and then traverse left into the crack system.  Follow the crack with delightful climbing at lower difficulty with a bit of runout here and there.  The final bit to the belay lacks pro, but you'll find good knobs to the right.  Belay at an okay stance with a good crack, 5.8 PG-13, 190'.  Save #1 Camalot,0.75 Camalot and/or purple Alien for the belay.

P3. Continue up the crack which widens to a chimney to its top.  There is a 2 bolt anchor (which could use chains or slings & rings) (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13), 5.6 PG-13, ~60'.

Rappel ~40' to the north.  Continue down and east on walking terrain.

Given the bolt chopping, you can move across the chimney to the east and rappel off the slung horn.

This is a nice, short sport climb that is worth the effort if you are in the area or the weather is too threatening for a multi-pitch run.

Thanks, Jay, for the update on the route info.

Hop aboard traversing a ledge near a tiny tree.  Move upwards past 2 bolts (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  There is a slightly balancy move past bolt 3 (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13).  After clipping the 4th bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13), you engage the crux sequence staying slightly left. The clipping jug for the 5th bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13) seems somewhat fragile.  After getting the 6th bolt (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13), you may find a #5-7 BD wire or small Alien more comforting, but you don't need them.

There is a 3 bolt variation (which seem to have been removed as of 5/14/13),

Garden Party

, to the right after the 3rd bolt that in October was.

The locking biners at the anchor (which seems to have been removed as of 5/14/13) tend to twist your rope.

This is an obvious line on the right side of Pulpit Rock that climbs better than it looks.  Part of it may be new, but it will likely be hard to determine.  The name is obviously not the real name, so anyone with more information, please let me know & I'll update it.

P1.  There are a few possible starts here, but we started at the base of a slab below a bulge overlap.  Meander up easy terrain to a ledge.  Place pro.  Move up to an awkward bulge where a yellow Alien fits in the crack over the lip.  You can try this awkward mantel, but we moved left and scampered over a gritty bulge (crux).  Note, there is a decent-sized block that appears unattached, but you don't need to pull on it.  Move up through a groove to a ledge and belay.  100', 8+.

P2. Move up to a crack, make a brief left traverse to good buckets to pull a tiny bulge.  Continue up on good face holds, angle slightly left to get some nice holds in a subtle depression, and move right again to get great knobs reminiscent of the Golden Stair pitch of the

Exum

.  You can belay here on the right edge of the face if you don't like rope drag.  Move left and into a chimney.  Exit the chimney in a crack moving leftward.  Go up and then right to the top and a comfortable belay on the right near a wide-fingers, horizontal crack.  200', 8.

To exit, scamper up to the top, traverse leftward and down.  Find a large boulder under which there is a beige sling and remnants of a cut red sling.

Please check the sling in its entirety before rappelling, since rodents chew on some slings here.

Rappel 40'.  Walk down to the right.

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

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Routes in Pulpit Rock