The Telescope Gate climbs the gigantic right-facing dihedral up the center of Observatory Dome.
We climbed this as the second of a two-route link-up of Sunshine Buttress (
Brown Haired Lady, 5.7, 3p) and Observatory Dome (
The Telescope Gate, 5.8, 2p). Sunshine Buttress and Observatory Dome were two of the few big formations that Nate had not yet climbed on at Lumpy, plus they were unaffected by the bird closures. There was very little in the guidebook about these two formations, with just vague references to routes. So this was a rather adventurous day of climbing, probably not routes I'd recommend but fun nevertheless.
