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This is a smaller crag with a handful of short, moderate, bolted routes in CCC. It is located on the W side of Tunnel 3. This is probably a crag for those seeking shade or desiring to fill out their wanderings within the canyon. The routes themselves are still shedding a bit. The slope below the crag remains distinctly loose.
Directions
From Golden, drive west on US 6 up canyon just past the 3rd tunnel. Park on its W side, as for Anarchy Wall. Beware of causing accidents since non-climbers won't expect folks to slow here. Hike up along the S or right side of the tunnel on a path uphill to the crag. The slope just below the crag is quite loose. Note, there are bighorn sheep wandering this terrain. Some of them will even knock rocks onto the road.
Note, you could approach it from the east, just east of Tunnel 3, but that is less pleasant.
The trail sucks, and there is still a lot of loose rock on the routes. I don't know how to resolve the trail issue, but I suggest that anyone climbing here not be afraid of doing a bit of route cleaning (bring appropriate tools). Once the loose stuff is gone, I suspect these may be quite decent routes, or at least viable alternatives for those who get suckered into going to the Anarchy Wall but can't even TR 12s.
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