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Watch Crystal

Submitted By: Grant Bryans on May 2, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
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Watch Crystal Face with boulderer on Apes of Wrath...


Description 

This is the first prominent area you get to when you hike up the trail. Most of these routes are two pitches and include some of the area's classic lines such as Simians to the Sun, Watch Crystal Crack, and Durangotang.


Getting There 

Hike up the trail, when trail forks go right to get to Simians, and go left to get to the pico area.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Watch Crystal:
Simians to the Sun   5.9+     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
Push-Me-Pull-You   5.10a     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Apes of Wrath   5.10     Sport, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
Durangotang   5.10c     Trad, Sport, 3 pitches, 300 feet   
Watch Crystal Crack   5.10d     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Crime & Punishment   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
Primate Highway   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
Doctor Doolittle   5.11-     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
The Kong Route   5.11b     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
Jailhouse Monkey (on dope)   5.12a     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 250 feet   
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Seth Hunter leading Simians to the Sun, 5.9+.

Simians to the Sun 5.9+  CO : Durango : ... : Watch Crystal
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]   Browse More Classics in CO


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Watch Crystal wall from the North.

BETA PHOTO: Watch Crystal wall from the North.