Piedra River - Lower West

Photos:	Recent \| Best \| Popular
Lat, Long:	37.4197, -107.1968 Map
Page Views:	20,330. Good page? (1 like)
Administrators:	Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac, Tom Erickson
Submitted By:	Jesse Morehouse on Aug 28, 2008

Make this area a Favorite
What's New

Print a Mini-Guide with routes

Add Route Add Photo Add Comment Add Event

BETA PHOTO: Left side of photo is the 5.10c and right is the 5...

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Piedra River - Lower West:

Thunder Will 5.7 Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Nescafe 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet

Emotionally Involved 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Taster's Choice 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Lightning Crashes 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Different Strokes 5.9+ Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet

First Wall 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Mild Hops 5.10 Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet

F***in' Greenies 5.10 Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet

Black 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Cattle Drive 5.10+ Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Van Gogh's 5.10+ Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Black Magic Spell 5.11 Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Hollow Excuse 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Winning Streak 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet

Smokin' Stems 5.11+ Trad, 1 pitch, 75 feet

I & Eye 5.11+ Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Raising Awareness 5.12a/b Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Wild Hops 5.12 Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Southern Cross 5.12 Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Featured Route For Piedra River - Lower West

Southern Cross: Short, but quality face climb. The dirty dihedral is Chocolate Corner.

Southern Cross 5.12 CO : Pagosa Springs : ... : Piedra River - Lower West

The crux is the last move on the route. There are 5.10 thin edges until the last 10 feet. It has a great flow....[more] Browse More Classics in CO

Comments on Piedra River - Lower West

Add Comment

Show which comments —

By Manky
From: Durango, CO.
Sep 9, 2008

Definitely DO NOT belay on the trail!! Horses cruise through here often, and they are not going to stop if you are in the way. Cool spot!!

By Daniel Trugman
From: Los Alamos, NM / Stanford, CA
Jun 29, 2011

Thanks for the hard work on the route development! We spent a couple afternoons climbing here and truly enjoyed it. Really fun climbing in a beautiful setting. My favorites were "Wild Hops" and "Smokin' Stems", but I liked pretty much everything I got on.

By Erik Durgin
Jul 4, 2011

Is there more bouldering besides the few problems described here? Anything harder or decent looking projects that would make it worth a drive from Durango??!!

By s.price
From: PS,CO
Jul 21, 2011

Routes are listed from entering the canyon, starting with First Wall. Sorting was done right to left as they are found. Where needed credit is given to those who had the original vision for the route along with first ascentionist.

By kmcgaughey
Sep 4, 2012

Beautiful area!

To clarify some directions, from downtown Pagosa:
- Take US Hwy 160 West
- Turn right on Piedra Road, a.k.a. County Rd. 600. This becomes unpaved after a few miles. (Don't need 4WD.) The name changes to County Road 631.
- Go about 14.5 miles until you cross the Piedra River, and park next to the bridge on the right.
- The trailhead is on the other side of the street.

Piedra River - Lower West

Description

Getting There

The Classics

Home - Destinations - iPhone/Android - Gyms - Partners - Forum - Photos - Deals - What's New
	ADVANCED