We were first attracted to this line by it's beauty.  When you look at it from Happiness is Water, the view of it is stunning.  The route climbs the South Arete, about 15 feet right of a broken up dihedral.  If you look in Busse & Burr's guide for Split Dome, they guessed our route to be the Horning route and it is labeled so in their book.  The Horning route is nearby but this is not it.

The Decline of Outdoor Safety

Split Dome is a beautiful dome in the back corner of the Chessmen.  It is isolated and one of the nicer pieces of rock out there.  Really pretty.

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Routes in Split Dome