Burly boulder problem to a jug to another boulder problem then another jug then a third boulder problem to access quality face climbing to the top of the wall on perfect orange rock.

Helios

Air Ride Equipped

Delicatessen

Super Best Friends

Urban Voodoo

Summer Sunshine

Abiyoyo

Manifest Destiny

Magnum Opus

Mirage

Bundle of Joy

So Long Mr. Petey

Banshee

Galunlati

Anchor your belayer and step out over the void, follow bolts up and right to a huge hueco. Sit down and ponder the meaning of life. Exit the hueco and make difficult moves up and right to a second hueco (Abiyoyo 5.12b heads up and left from the first hueco). Sit down and ponder why we climb. Exit the hueco and follow jugs to the anchor.

Jug Haul to a roof.  Crux is clearing the roof.

Best warm up at the cliff

The steepest section of the Solarium roof offers this surprisingly juggy treat. A couple of hard moves with jugs in between out the roof, followed by a typical Solarium mongo hold run to the anchor.

Start on good holds then balance your way through a short bouldery section.  Mantle onto a ledge for a sit-down rest.  Stand-up and make large moves off of good holds on the increasing steep wall.  Take advantage of heel hooks along the way.  Finally, make near horizontal moves, pull the roof, and climb out onto the headwall for the easy last 20ft of climbing to the chains.

This route shares a few holds at the start with its neighbor Delicatessen before moving left to a good shelf at the first draw. It then moves immediately into a very tough boulder problem that ends above the second bolt. Stick clipping the second bolt isn't a bad idea (probably not possible from the ground unless you have a super long stick). Move through easier terrain to the roof where you clip the roof draw from an iron oxide rail. Use a couple of sharp sidepulls in the roof to gain better holds at the lip and move onto the headwall to follow generally good holds to the top.

Stick clip the first bolt. Begin with easy climbing left of a roof making a few long reaches until you reach the third bolt. Enter into a bouldery sequence leading to a decent hold up and left of the perma draw. Find a way to move right reaching good holds on the arete and then mantling onto the face. From here, enjoy much easier but moderately pumpy climbing on jugs and flat holds for the next 50 feet.

Beautiful line climbing out the overhanging orange face. Do the the same start as Banshee but climb into the left hueco. After resting in the hueco, or not, continue up the face on some good holds until you reach a large jug that provides full recovery. The next bit is the crux. There is different beta here and don't let the guidebook tell you you can't do it because your short. After the crux it stays on you for a bit but the higher you get, like most of the routes at The Solarium, the better the holds get.

This route starts on crimpers, then continues on easier terrain to a rest below the roof.  Crank out the roof and encounter the crux. Above is another good rest before moderate climbing to the chains

Start off on a high hold and pull onto face. Tackle the crux between bolts 2 and 4 by figuring out which pockets to use. Go to the ledge above the fourth bolt before clipping it. Rest on the ledge and then a couple bolts higher in the hueco that you can completely crawl into. 5.10 from the ledge to the top.

(Originally rated a 12b the route was down graded by popular consensus.)

First 5 bolts are thin and very continuous. Obvious crux at the second bolt. It's a very very nice line...

Long moves and crimpy boulder problems separated by decent rests lead to one last boulder problem to the last draw. There are several iron oxide rails at the last bolt where you can catch a quick shake and decide how to get to the anchors. Option 1 is traverse to the farthest right rail, jack your feet up and dyno to the tick way up and right. Option 2 is pull on some small crimps to achieve the same result. Get to the anchors with a balance move on a dirty sloper. Great line.

A typically thin start turns to more casual movement leading to the crux under the bulge.  Use a sharp pocket or two and move to bigger holds above.  There is an alcove to the right of the last bolt that you can stand in.  Move out, clip the last bolt and make a few moves to the anchor.  This route is pretty sharp.

Climb easily up an arete then step right onto the steepening face. Make a vicious move off of a thin hold at the second bolt and continue with crimpy climbing through a few more roofs. The upper half of the route eases significantly but gets steeper so you still have to hold on.

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