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Spring Creek

Submitted By: John Peterson on May 30, 2009
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
Elevation: 8,500 feet
Latitude: 38.7560  Longitude: -106.7702 
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Spring Creek Tower.


Description 

This area is much cooler that the first buttress area and provides a pleasant alternative on hot days. There is a wide variety of routes here, both sport and trad. The rock is mostly good but the lack of traffic means that routes might have a bit of loose stuff sitting around.

See Malloy's "Gunnison Rock" for more route information.


Getting There 

Spring Creek is the canyon just behind the Harmel's area. From Harmel's (about 7 miles from Almont), turn left (north) on Spring Creek Road. This turn is right at the store. After about 2 miles the road turns dirt - the climbing starts almost immediately after this point.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Spring Creek:
Car Killer Crack   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Car Killer Buttress
Mountaineer's Route    5.8     Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet, Grade II   Spring Creek Tower
Family Outing   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Car Killer Buttress
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