Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Curecanti National Recreation Area:
North Rim Areas: The Alpine Aretes Porcelain Arete Painted Wall
Climbing Routes: Alpine Route Porcelain Arete On the Border Broken Porcelain Northern Arete Beyer Route The Dragon The Serpent Forrest-Walker Stratosfear Journey Through Mirkwood Southern Arete
South Rim Areas: Dragon Point Dragon Point Buttress
Climbing Routes: Pilgrimage Crumb Blunder Magic Dragon Black Adder Black Snake Black Heathen Black Dragon Rider Silent Rage
By Order of the Superintendent, National Park Service. Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 1.5 and 2.2. Closed: Serpent Point and adjacent walls within one half mile, including the landscape portions above the listed walls extending 50 feet from the rim edge.
Closed: Climbing routes along the north side of US Hwy 50 within one-half mile east and west of mile marker 149.
Closed: Curecanti Needle and adjacent walls within one-half mile, including the landscape portions above the listed walls extending 50 feet from the rim edge. Developed trails and overlooks are excluded.
[This side of the impressive Black Canyon of the Gunnison is known for its impressive, long routes with warmer temperatures. Despite the canyon's steepness and narrowness, these routes have a brighter ambience than some of the neighboring walls across the water. The one disadvantage to climbing on this side is that access is somewhat longer.
All routes here should be considered adventure climbing with challenging rock, rock quality, route finding, runouts, etc.. Assistance, in the event of the unexpected, is difficult to non-existent. Be prepared.
As with most climbing in the area, poison ivy and ticks are hazards during the non-climbing times of your visits here. Some folks have been even known to wear disposable Tivek suits to avoid these diminuitive demons.
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The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for North Chasm View Wall:
I looked on this route for beta and didn't find any so figured it needed to be contributed. I have heard this route described as "Astroman's ugly cousin," "harder than Astroman," and "absolutely classic." I have no problem ignoring difficult route-finding, loose rock, lichen, munge, prickly cacti, and bird shit to call this route a total classic. It rules! For its position, sustained nature, and high volume of quality pitches, not to mention its ...[more]Browse More Classics in CO
Yo Dude Levin,So what's the deal with no description of "Stoned Oven", "Air Voyage" and the "Nose". We Know you have sent everything in the Black. More info would be killer. P.S. Slayer Rules!
Yo Dudanonymous,Good point, although he HAS submitted a brilliant description for The Free Nose. Check it out; it nearly sounds possible (except for all those pesky 5.12 sections). Oooh.....The Black, how it beckons yet frightens me.Jason
Thad, If your speaking of the photo on Climbing.com of Justin letting the poo fling, this photo was captioned incorrectly and is actually a photo of Brent Armstrong. Justin could never be so gracefull flinging poo.
It's been a long time. Hope your getting some climbing in out there. Tryin to get out on the ice here but the snows too good to skip a day on the slopes. Maybe I'll run into you again one of these days. Tell everyone hi for me. Yeah, watch out for the poo that gets flung around here.
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