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Into the Wind Arete 

Candle Stick Crag 


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Candle Stick Crag, can be seen on the far right, U...

Description 

This south-facing, sunny crag is serene and obscure with good granite formations.


Getting There 

Follow direction to Upper Dream parking and head out towards Midnight Rock, but stay on top and take the trailway heading out and down to the eastern gullies. Descend trail to a point where you must skirt ledge system back to the west. This is a shelf of granite outcrops above the Green House Wall, west of Krishna.


L->R: 

A. Into the Wind Arete, 10-, 1p, 65', gear.
B. The Candle Stick, 8-, 1p, 65', gear.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Candle Stick Crag:
The Candle Stick   5.8-     Trad, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Into the Wind Arete   5.10a     TR, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
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Featured Route For Candle Stick Crag
Into the Wind Arete climbs the arete on the right.

Into the Wind Arete 5.10a  CO : Boulder : ... : Candle Stick Crag
The crux is pinch laybacking the arete, halfway up. The rock and hold features is excellent....[more]   Browse More Classics in CO