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Eagle/Vail/Minturn/Red Cliff Climbing

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Areas in Eagle/Vail/Minturn/Red Cliff

Aircraft Carrier, The 0 / 5 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Bikini Bottom 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Booth Creek Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Cross Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Fish Wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Fraggle Rock 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Gilman Canyon 4 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Homestake Reservoir 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Homestake Road Crag 0 / 11 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Hornsilver 4 / 11 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Klettergarden, The 0 / 0 / 2 / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Lime Park (a.k.a. Lime Creek) 0 / 128 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 128

Misc Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Moose Lodge, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Mushroom Garden, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Painstake 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Power Line Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Rail Yard Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Roof Rock 2 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Vail Ski Resort 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Wolcott Crags and Boulders 24 / 22 / 2 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 83

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Description

This area encompasses a geographic location with a variety of vertical type experiences. You probably have heard most about the Vail ice and you can find that under the CO ice/mixed section. In this section, you will find various rock cragging on sandstone, limestone, gneiss, schist, and even some granite. While this generally has little for a destination type of experience, there is still some interesting crags to find vertical pleasure.

Some of the climbing here is protected in information accessibility and locals may cringe to see non-Eagle county folks playing here. Nonetheless, we have to share amiably and symbiose.

Some of the better known areas include Lime Park's limestone, Wolcott's sandstone & nearby Gilman's gneiss, but there is more for the exploring types.

Due to the increased elevation, most of the cragging in this area is limited to April to October times.

Getting There

As a well-known ski area, this general location is easy to find. I-70 accesses this area from either east or west (100 miles West of Denver). From the south, you can access this area via CO Hwy 9 (past Copper Mountain) or US 24 (through Minturn). From the north, you can access this area via CO Hwy 9 (Silverthorne) or CO Hwy 131 (Wolcott). The ice cragging is mostly visible from I-70. Parking is challenging, since all street parking in Vail is subject to ticketing. Gilman, illegal to access, is reached via US 24 south from Minturn.

Weather

You can check NOAA.

Leadville climbing website

www.40minutesfromleadville.com

Nearby Leadville

Since we split off Leadville, click here to find Leadville crags.

Bats - conservation

See a bat on a route, give a shout. Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. If you see bats, and want to tell them, here is their email (climbersforbats@colostate.edu) and their website ( climbersforbats.colostate.edu/).

Climbers for Bat Conservation is a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. They are interested in finding bats because a new disease, called white-nose syndrome ( whitenosesyndrome.org/), has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation. If you see bats while climbing, please let them know by emailing them at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting their website to learn more ( climbersforbats.colostate.edu/).

Rob Schorr

Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program ( sites.warnercnr.colostate.e…)

Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation

Robert.schorr@colostate.edu

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Classic Climbing Routes at Eagle/Vail/Minturn/Red Cliff

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V5 6C 29 ● Golden Years Boulder Wolcott Crags &… > Waterside Boulder
V5+ 6C+ 68 ● Star Crossed Lovers Boulder Aircraft Carrier
V6 7A 106 ● The Minturn Mile Boulder Klettergarden > Minturn Mile Boulder
V8 7B 33 ● Return of the Jedi Boulder Klettergarden > Minturn Mile Boulder
V8 7B 9 ● Immortality TR, Boulder Klettergarden > Giant Boulder Uphill…
V9 7C 6 ● Cool Arete Boulder Aircraft Carrier
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 21 ● Guru Crack (aka Guru Crack of Ga… Trad Wolcott Crags &… > Upper Tier (Bocco Area)
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 136 ● Uckfay Ushbay Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > N Wall
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 42 ● Weird Science Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Blank Check Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 60 ● Drive By Shooting Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Punchbowl
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 41 ● Drill for the Thrill Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Prow
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 31 ● Momentary Lack of Resin Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Punchbowl
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 37 ● Snipe Hunter Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Punchbowl
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c PG13 9 ● Punchbowl Arch (Right Arch of Cave) Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Punchbowl
5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c 5 ● Raised By Wolves Sport Lime Park (a.k.… > Punchbowl