Golden Arete is probably the reason you initially hiked up the hill. It is a beautiful panel of tiger-striped granite hiding in a grove of ponderosa pines.  An easy start leads to some tricky but excellent compression moves around bolt 3.

Golden Arete

Tan Panel

Black Beast

Consolation Prize

Blue Streak

Tan Panel has sustained face and crack climbing on good rock.

Clip the bolt shared with

Golden Arete

, then continue up and right passing a low crux, and continue on pumpy climbing to the anchors.

Black Beast is a stout route with excellent rock quality. It has a steep bulge encounter with an interesting sequence.

Consolation Prize has ho hum climbing with some loose rock.

Climb the obvious crack to a bolt-protected crux.

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Routes in Turtle Crag