Temple Mountain SW Face route overlay

This overlay shows the easiest route up Temple Mountain. The SW face of the east-west oriented summit ridge is the best way to reach the ridge and most people believe the NE summit to be higher despite the benchmark and the USGS maps placing the label on the NW summit. The red line shows the best way with the light green lines showing low 5th class spots. The Yellow line is a short variation but also adds an additional 10 foot low 5th class crack. There is a large rock just to the climbers right of where the route reaches the summit ridge to set up a rappel (Purple arrow and dots). I placed fresh cord here in March 2015. Then you can also lower or rappel down the first crux step, or down climb it with a long jump down at the end. See this page for a topo map with an overview of the entire ascent of Temple Mountain