Durango is a medium-sized western town in southwest Colorado with some decent local rock climbing. For steep sport climbing, check out the Golf Wall. If trad is what you are looking for, make a trip to East Animas. Want to boulder? There is plenty of that as well. New crags are also in the process of being developed with lots of potential for more. You can pick up a copy of the local climbing guide, "Durango Sandstone", at one of the climbing shops in town.
Getting There
US Hwy 550 or US Hwy 160 are the major highways into town.
Climb the start up to the belay ledge, for some fun funky moves stay in the crack, for some fun face climbing on trad gear go right. At the belay ledge climb the bolted route in front of you to finish the classic climb....[more]
I've been wanting to check Hermosa out. I never thought of climbing there (it looks like choss from 550), until I saw that there were 60 routes posted here. It sounds like there is some interesting stuff.
Yes, there are some interesting routes. Check out the hard free route potential of Iridescent Hummingbird, Shark's Fin and other old aid routes which surmount Khumbu's Cove. It's actually quite amazing these lines have not been freed yet. Enjoy! (Route names stay the same with FFA credit given.)
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