Back of the Nineties

BETA PHOTO: Location of Back of the Nineties from west side tu...

Description 

Back of the Nineties is a north-west facing buttress that sits across the gully, as its name implies, behind the Wall of the Nineties. Three routes are located here ranging from 100-130 feet. These routes: Mission Vision, Aphrodite, and Priapos provide for some quick and nice afterwork climbing with steep and fairly continuous 5.10 and 5.11 climbing. Routes require about a dozen draws, and two ropes if you want to do the upper part of Mission Vision. Aphrodite is definitely the best of the three.

You can see the buttress from the parking area if you look just past Interstellar Overdrive at the far right side of Wall90s.

Getting There 

Approach by parking at Wall90s/Mission parking, West side tunnel 2. Continue as for the Mission Wall, but instead of walking downstream all the way to the tyrol, hike up the loose talus gully on your left. Stay close to the left wall where the "trail" is generally more solid. Apparently, touroids get their thrills by hiking this gully with Old Milwaukees to the top of Wall of the Nineties.

A few cairns may still be in place. At the tall branchless tree in the middle of the gully, contour over to the base of the wall. One tall pine tree is at the start of the routes. The climbs start off of a good ledge with a nice overhang to keep you dry and shaded. There is a belay bolt at the start of Mission Vision. Approach time is about 7 minutes from your car. Oh yeah, this is another spot in Clear Creek where you dont hear traffic noise, and minimal creek noise. The view of Mission Wall is stunning.