High Times AKA Silk Road, Calaveras Dome 5.11b

   
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Calaveras Dome, California, USA

  • Currently 5.0/5
Avg time to climb route: 4-6 hours
Approach time: 30-45 minutes
Descent time: 2-2.5 hours
Number of pitches: 10
Height of route: 1100'
Overview
Endless, sustained corners connected by some cruxy face climbing, High Times has some of the best granite corners anywhere. High Times breaks left from Sands of Time with an exciting traverse to gain more perfect dihedrals. A few somewhat contrived variation pitches just left of the start were done later, and the whole route re-named Silk Road by one local, and while it is commonly called Silk Road the true name is High Times. A cruxy face climbing pitch higher leads to even more stellar left-facing corners. The only detraction of High Times is that every dihedral is left-facing, so you’ll get unbalanced muscles if you climb it too many times – and the route will make you want to climb it again and again!
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Source: SuperTopo Guidebook Staff Last update: April 24, 2011
Calaveras Dome - High Times AKA Silk Road 5.11b - Calaveras Dome, California, USA. Click to Enlarge
Calaveras Dome. Wall of the Worlds (red), Sands of Time (green), High Times (blue).
Photo: Chris McNamara
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