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Classic Climbs for Colorado



Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Colorado.
 
The Diamond, Longs Peak, RMNP.

The Top 50 Classics for Colorado


Name Rating Type Location

Stairway to Heaven

WI4

Trad, Ice, 7 pitches, 1200 feet, Grade III

CO Ice & Mixed : Silverton : Eureka

Ames Ice Hose

WI5 M6 R

Trad, Mixed, Ice, 3 pitches, 520 feet, Grade III

CO Ice & Mixed : Telluride : Ames Wall

Little Devil (FA)

V11 X

TR, Boulder

Denver South : Castlewood Canyon : Bouldering

Kiener's Route

5.3 Easy Snow

Trad, Snow, Alpine, Grade II

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : Upper East Face

East Face (Standard)

5.4

Trad, 8 pitches

Flatirons : North : Third Flatiron

Calypso

5.6

Trad, 3 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - SW Face

Direct Route

5.6 R

Trad, 10 pitches, Grade II

Flatirons : North : First Flatiron

Kor's Flake

5.7

Trad, 6 pitches, 900 feet, Grade III

Lumpy Ridge : Sundance Buttress

Ellingwood Ledges

5.7

Trad, Alpine, Grade III

Alpine Rock : The Crestones

The Bastille Crack

5.7

Trad, 5 pitches, 350 feet

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - N Face

Rewritten

5.7

Trad, 6 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Lumpe to the to...

Pear Buttress

5.8

Trad, 5 pitches, Grade II

Lumpy Ridge : The Book : J-Crack Slab Area

Gambit

5.8

Trad, 5 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Shirt Tail Peak

Long John Wall

5.8

Trad, 4 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - Long John to V...

Wind Ridge

5.8

Trad, 4 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - SW Face

South Face

5.8

Trad, Alpine, 8 pitches, Grade III

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Petit Grepon

Otto's Route

5.8+

Trad, Chipped, 5 pitches, 400 feet, Grade II

Grand Junction : Colorado National Monument : Independence Monument

Ruper

5.8+

Trad, 6 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One

Culp-Bossier

5.8+

Trad, Alpine, 8 pitches, Grade III

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Hallett Peak

Mainliner

5.9

Trad, 5 pitches, 700 feet, Grade III

Lumpy Ridge : Sundance Buttress

Werk Supp

5.9

Trad, 2 pitches, Grade II

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - N Face

The Yellow Spur

5.9

Trad, 7 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One

The Green Spur

5.9

Trad, 2 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Lumpe to the to...

J-Crack

5.9

Trad, 4 pitches, Grade II

Lumpy Ridge : The Book : J-Crack Slab Area

Syke's Sickle

5.9+

Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, 900 feet, Grade III

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : Spearhead

Center Route

5.9+

Trad, 3 pitches

South Platte : Cathedral Spires Area : Cynical Pinnacle

Hair City

5.9+ R

Trad, 3 pitches, 310 feet

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - W Face

Casual Route

5.10a

Trad, Alpine, 7 pitches, Grade IV

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : The Diamond

Blind Faith

5.10a

Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - W Face

Rosy Crucifixion

5.10a PG13

Trad, 3 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower Two

Handcracker Direct

5.10a

Trad, 5 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - Pony Express t...

Journey Home

5.10-

Trad, Grade IV

Gunnison : Black Canyon : North Chasm View Wall

The Barb

5.10-

Trad, Alpine, 9 pitches, Grade III

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : Spearhead

Over the Hill

5.10b

Trad, 2 pitches, Grade II

Eldorado Canyon SP : Rincon : Rincon - L of Center Route

Outer Space

5.10c R

Trad, 2 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - N Face

Super Slab

5.10+

Trad, 4 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One

The Scenic Cruise

5.10d

Trad, Grade V

Gunnison : Black Canyon : North Chasm View Wall

Pervertical Sanctuary

5.11a

Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, Grade IV

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : The Diamond

The Naked Edge

5.11a/b

Trad, 6 pitches, 460 feet

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower Two

Yellow Wall

5.11b R

Trad, Alpine, 8 pitches, 1000 feet

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : The Diamond

Vertigo

5.11b

Trad, 4 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One

Death and Transfiguration

5.11b

Trad, 1 pitch, 75 feet

Flatirons : Central : Green Mountain Pinnacle

D7

5.11

Trad, Alpine, Grade IV

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : The Diamond

Wunsch's Dihedral

5.11

Trad, 4 pitches, Grade III

South Platte : Cathedral Spires Area : Cynical Pinnacle

Doub-Griffith

5.11c

Trad, 3 pitches

Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One

Country Club Crack

5.11c

Trad, 2 pitches

Boulder Canyon : Castle Rock

Ariana

5.12a

Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, Grade IV

Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : ... : The Diamond

Bullet the Blue Sky

5.12c/d

Sport, 1 pitch

San Luis Valley : Penitente Canyon : Penitente - Inner Canyon

Anarchitect

5.12d

Sport, 1 pitch

Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Anarchy Wall

Rainbow Wall

5.13a

Trad, Sport

Eldorado Canyon SP : The Wind Tower : Wind Tower - S Face