Mountain Project: Climbing Vedauwoo > Lower Blair I, II, III, and vicinity

This little visited area, West of "The Main Mobscene", harbors the 2 best moderate "sport bolted" faces at the "Woo" plus some awesome cracks, lots of trees, shade (and no people, shhhhh!).

Eds. Initially this was a combined area. With time, the MP.com community has indicated it would be more helpful to subdivide this area for easier use.

This area includes Lower Blair I, Lower Blair II, Lower Blair III, The Vulture, Goldirocks, and miscellaneous bits of rock nearby.

Thus, we reorganize!

Getting There

Follow the general directions to Vedauwoo from Cheyenne, but then turn South and then West on the South frontage road. Cross North under the Interstate on Blair Road and drive N on FS 705 to a picnic/parking area (FS 705e) just after crossing Crow Creek (~2.5 miles), it is a fee area. Closest to the parking to the Northeast are the Adam's Ribs. A well used mountain bike/horse trail leads east from the parking area and a few hundred yard east, turn North and head up to the main rock masses. "Heel and Toe" labels these as Blair III, II, and I heading West to East.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Lower Blair I, II, III, and vicinity:

Crack Named Sue V5 Trad, Boulder, 20 feet Miscellaneous Lower Blair r...

University of Mars V5 Trad, Boulder, 35 feet Miscellaneous Lower Blair r...

Nick's Loose Flake Variation 5.7 Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet Lower Blair I

Le Petit Arbre 5.8+ Trad, 2 pitches, 90 feet Lower Blair I

Penetration 5.9+ Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Lower Blair III

Intimidation 5.9+ Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet Lower Blair III

My Little Dick 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Lower Blair I

Jogging to Vedauwoo 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 85 feet Lower Blair III

Bragging About Jesus 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet Lower Blair III

Raised On Robbery 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Lower Blair I

Stress Fracture 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 25 feet Goldirocks

A Thing of Beauty 5.10b/c Trad, 1 pitch, 140 feet Lower Blair II

Electric Gypsy Moth 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Lower Blair I

Sketch Palsy 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch, 120 feet Lower Blair III

Medium Cool 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Lower Blair II

Knockin' on Heaven's Door 5.11- Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Miscellaneous Lower Blair r...

Take 5 5.11a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Lower Blair III

Public Enemy 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Lower Blair I

Five Finger Discount 5.12a Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Lower Blair III

Pretty Girls with Long Knives 5.12b Trad, 2 pitches Lower Blair III

Featured Route For Lower Blair I, II, III, and vicinity

University of Mars V5 WY : Vedauwoo : ... : Miscellaneous Lower Blair r...

This is an absolute classic. Start at the very far end of the roof and work your way through some offwidth moves which narrow to fists and then hands which just keep getting deeper as you go. Near the lip there are some interesting fins to negotiate. You can also go out the back side, which is a problem in its own right called "The Dark Side of Mars" which goes at about 11+. For that version, start at the lowest point in the roof and climb out from there. The rock is especially sharp, so br...[more] Browse More Classics in WY

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By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Jun 12, 2011

I think this area should be sub-divided per rock... Blair I, Blair II and Blair III. Does anyone with more area knowledge/experience have the motivation to do it?

By Justin Edl
Jun 13, 2011

A few years ago I offered to go through all of Vedauwoo and organize it into individual crags, but the admins never responded to my offer. Maybe I will get motivated to do that again someday...

By Ben Boykin
From: Cheyenne, WY
Aug 7, 2011

Route info: On Blair II, right of "Dead Man's Glove," & left of the Vulture, there is a slab with bolts leading toward an arete, probably 6 or 7 visible hangers. Seems to be solid 5.10. Name of route? Rating? Thanks!

By Leo Paik
Administrator
From: Westminster, Colorado
Aug 7, 2011

FWIW, I have responded to this offer to reorganize, but I never received a response from the email.

By Justin Edl
Aug 8, 2011

Lesson: When someone who knows what they are talking about makes an offer to help, don't turn them down and proceed to unnecessarily moderate their contributions, all the while letting and endless stream of much much MUCH worse BS spew forth from the accounts of numerous other users. I used to think this site was a wonderful resource that could be used with a great deal more integrity than, say, 8a.nu or rockclimbing.com. Unfortunately, due to repeated mishandling of situations over the years my faith in this site has been degraded. I will still use it to post info, but only because your competition is THAT much worse.

By Justin Edl
Aug 8, 2011

BTW, responding to the e-mail years after the fact, and then claiming that you adequately followed up...it's the kind of stuff I am talking about. I hereby nominate you for Congress.

By Leo Paik
Administrator
From: Westminster, Colorado
Aug 8, 2011

Okay, we can't change the past, I don't remember your offer from years ago, some of the other things you cite involve a LOT more behind the scenes that you are aware, no claims of adequancy were made, and volunteer work can be thankless...shall we move forward and work positively?

Let's reorganize this section now. If you are interested, please email your ideas to leopaik@cs.com and we'll get this done.

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Lower Blair I, II, III, and vicinity

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The Classics