Mountain Project: Climbing Glenwood Springs

Nestled in a beautiful mountainous valley, Glenwood Springs sits on the western slope of Colorado as a hub to Aspen (40 minutes south), Vail (45 minutes east) and Grand Junction (90 minutes west).

Glenwood Springs is home of the famous gunslinger Doc Holliday...

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Resources

If you are staying overnight in Glenwood Springs check out the following recommendations:

Silver Spruce Motel located at 162 W 6th Street, Glenwood Springs, CO. Phone 970-945-5458.
It's an older place, but decent rooms with refrigerators and microwaves. Considerably less expensive than the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge.

Good deals can also be found from time to time staying at the Hotel Colorado. It can be a fun place to stay with the SO.

Good local brews and pub food can be found at the Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co, at 402 7th Street, Glenwood Springs. Just look behind the train station and you will see the Hotel Denver, that's where it is located. It has good pub food and locally-brewed beer.

Good Italian restaurants include Florindo's Italian Cuisine, on 721 Grand Ave, and the Italian Underground at 715 Grand Ave. Florindo's is more expensive (great food) than the Underground but nice for a special night out. They're almost right next door to each other, so if one is busy you can try the other.

Another good restaurant is Sapphire Grille, at 710 Grand Ave. It's upstairs, across the street from Italian Underground and Florindo's. So hopefully you get the message. Ditch the car and go and walk along Grand Ave and you'll find something worthwhile.

Climbing Gear: Glenwood has a really neat climbing/outdoor shop on Grand Ave. Summit Canyon Mountaineering They also have a local beta page on their site with more recommendations of places to eat etc.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Glenwood Springs:

Jungle Book (aka Graduation Crack) 5.6 Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Glenwood Canyon : No Name Canyon

Twin Cracks 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Glenwood Canyon : No Name Canyon

Electric Butterfly 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Glenwood Canyon : No Name Canyon

Unnamed aka The Ironing Board 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Glenwood Canyon : No Name Canyon

NoName 4.5 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet Puoux : Lower Wall

Slippin' Sloan 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet Glenwood Canyon : Surgery Buttress

NoName 1 aka Graybeard 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch Puoux : Lower Wall

Road Runner 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Puoux : Lower Wall

NoName 6.3 aka Primadona 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Puoux : Lower Wall

NoName 4 aka Moral Decay 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet Puoux : Lower Wall

Lightning Bolt Crack 5.10 Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Glenwood Canyon : No Name Canyon

Pre Op 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet Glenwood Canyon : Surgery Buttress

NoName 18 aka Kor's Corner 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch Puoux : Main Wall

Youth Warm-up 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Puoux : Main Wall

NoName 3 aka Stay True 5.11d Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Puoux : Lower Wall

The Horse and Pony Show 5.12a Trad, 5 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III Glenwood Canyon : Grizzly Creek Wall (aka Mud...

Welcome To Planet Motherfucker 5.13d Sport, 1 pitch Puoux : Fault Wall

Featured Route For Glenwood Springs

Welcome To Planet Motherfucker 5.13d CO : Glenwood Springs : ... : Fault Wall

NoName-36 is not a route that I have climbed. I opted to post it in order to get the photo linked up and display this gorgeous piece of stone. Route 36 looks to my eye to be as difficult a line as I have seen anywhere. I would not be shocked to hear it called 13d/14? It looks that impressive. This wall is close to 45 degrees overhanging, is composed of immaculate limestone, and is just as colorful as it shows here. I know an awfull lot of terrifi...[more] Browse More Classics in CO

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Glenwood Springs

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