Sarcophagus is a short variation or direct start sort of affair to one of two good routes.

This route adds difficulty and new territory to either

The Dead Zone

or

Dead Can Dance

, which otherwise share a common start just to the right and allows both to be climbed as entirely separate routes.

Locate the beginning of

Dead Can Dance

and a bolt a few meters up and just to the left. Start off directly below this bolt, perhaps with a spotter or a stickclip and pull up past that and onward, heading directly up to intercept

The Dead Zone

where it diverges to the left from

Dead Can Dance

, placing gear along the way from there.

Sarcophagus

In Between The Deads

The Dead Zone

Dead Again

Isle of the Dead

Dead Can Dance

Start just right of a pine tree at the right side of The Wall of the Dead. Climb a corner just left of the arete to a ledge. Continue up another corner and move right to an airy stance on the arete. Work up to a roof, and turn it on the left. Step left and climb an awkward corner to the anchor.

Someone has to have climbed this, but it's not marked anywhere I can find. It starts on a nice chunky crack system, then you step over to the right crack system, up toward the anchors for

Dead Again

. Maybe it is safe on trad gear? This probably needs some cleaning.

This is primarily a crack climb on the Wall of The Dead at Avalon.  Begin in the same right-facing dihedral as Dead Can Dance.  Stem up and stretch left to clip the first bolt on this route. Climb thin cracks to a bulge and a second bolt. Turn the bulge, and continue up cracks and corners to the anchor.

Start in the middle of The Wall of the Dead. Climb up the face to an overlap, move left, and continue up to the anchors.  It has some committing moves through the crux section passing the overlap.

I found this to be a fun, interesting, well bolted climb that I would certainly do again.

Start at the left side of The Wall of the Dead, in the chimney that is the start for

Tomb of Sorrows

.

There is a loose shelf leading up into the chimney and the first bolt is in a black-streaked area on the right.

The route is well bolted and has some good moves through the middle section.  Gain a rest at a flake and go for the crux moves approaching the anchor above a bulge of sorts.  Good quality rock, good protection, rather continous and interesting climbing.

Description

Location

Protection

Routes in Wall of the Dead