Sinocranium

Sinocranium is on the east face and can be approached by following the cairns and the faint trail. The route itself has 2 distinct styles on it. The first 4 pitches and the last 2 are slabby and relatively easy. Pitch 2 is the hardest of these slabby sections and works lright of a roof band. Pitches 4 and 5 can be combined if desired.Pitch 5 climbs up the vertical quartz vein for 60 feet. The final pitch is more of a scramble to gain the summit than a climb.

During the approach, pay attention to the beginning of the route as it easily missed. As you are hiking up the hill on the east side you scramble on the slab forming the bottom of the dome. The climb starts in this vicinity. First time I climbed this we missed it completely and ended up FS'ing it up to the 1st anchors without realizing we had missed it.

Sinocranium has bolts and plenty of them. Bring up to 16 draws for this route, but one can climb it with less if you don't mind passing bolts by. It has double bolt belay stations all the way up.  Two 60 meter ropes are required to descend the route via the belay stations (not recommended).

From the summit, find the rappel station at the top of the northeast gully.  Two rappels with two 60 meter ropes recommended.

Note:  it is possible to rappel the route in two rappels with one 60 meter rope if you're comfortable scrambling easy 4th class terrain un-roped.  At the end of the second rappel you must un-rope on easy 4th class terrain and a short scramble leads to an easier third class scramble down a slab.  From there, contour back around the rock back to the base of the climb.  On the second rappel, it would be possible to rappel off the ends of the rope - KNOT THE ENDS OF YOUR ROPES!  A 70 meter rope mitigates the concerns on the second rappel somewhat but not completely.

Whether you use one or two ropes to rappel, take care not to snag your rope on the many scrubs and bushes in the gully.