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DescriptionExcellent traditional crack climbing and great bouldering on the metamorphic granite/gniess canyon walls and large Dakota snadstone blocks of Unaweep Canyon half an hour from Grand Junction. The routes ascend canyon walls via cracks of all sizes and difficulties for up to nine pitches. Lines are clean and sustained; thousands of interesting options exist. Getting ThereWestern Colorado, South of Grand Junction between Whitewater and Gateway along Hwy 141. From Boulder take I-70 West to Hwy 50 in Grand Junction towards Ouray (Delta, Montrose). Turn right on 141 and follow it into the Canyon. Bouldering is found on the hundreds of sandstone blocks visible from 141 on your way into the canyon. Sunday Wall and Hidden Valley are located on Acess Fund property 2 miles West of Divide Road. Camping can be found on BLM land along Divide Road as well as along 141, Divide Road is cleaner and quieter but there is excellent bouldering along 141. Bring water.
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Sweet Sunday Serenade 5.9 CO : Grand Junction : ... : Sunday Wall
Sweet Sunday Serenade is a Unaweep classic. It consists of three good pitches on excellent rock. The climbing is not very difficult but highly enjoyable. The climb is located on the right hand side of Sunday Wall and starts in a left-facing dihedral with a right-leaning hand crack. Just to the climbers right of the route is Catch a Wave, a bolted 5.11 face climb that shares the same anchor as the first pitch on S.S.S.Pitch 1: Follow the crack up...[more]
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