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Description 

The Northwest Corner is the group of cragging routes at the bottom of the Fountain Buttress, generally facing the river. The majority receive good sun from mid-day to early evening.


Getting There 

The first routes you come to when arriving at the Fountain Buttress.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Northwest Corner:
Chicken Out Arete   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Left Tracks Crack   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
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Featured Route For Northwest Corner
Climbing the Right Tracks Crack at the Fountain Buttress, Glenwood Canyon.

Right Tracks Crack 5.9  CO : Glenwood Springs : ... : Northwest Corner
Climb a sustained finger to thin-hands crack with pods of wider jamming before an easy topout guarded by a final set of moves before the two bolt anchor....[more]   Browse More Classics in CO