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Sunset Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Sunset Wall

	AC-DC T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Climbing Non-Sunse T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	D1 T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fine Line T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Home Run T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Insane T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Off Width Her Head! T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Shady Character T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Solar Flare T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Sunset Arete (Variation of Wind Song Dihedral) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Three's a Crowd T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Wind Song Dihedral aka Original Route T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a

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Elevation:	7,500 ft	2,286 m
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Access Issue: 2024 Crag Closures & Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures Details

The usual crags are closed for climbing for raptor nesting:

See: bouldercolorado.gov/service….

Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:

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Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.

Description

Despite being so large, on the order of size of any crag around other than Eldo's Redgarden Wall, its distance from the trail head prevents it from being popular at all. It is scarcely known or spoke of.

Even in guidebooks the details for this huge, west-facing wall are sparse.

Unfortunately, the crag, while 400' tall and 1/2 mile wide, is broken by a rotten roof at mid-height for a majority of its width, a choss band which gates access to the splitter cracks above.

Still, it holds at least 4 olds routes, as evidenced by report and/or fixed pins (though details are sparse), and at least as many new ones, with potential for several more.
The rock faces predominantly West by Southwest and gets sun from late morning until late evening.

Getting There

Hike up Shadow Canyon Trail until well past the Devil's thumb, keeping an eye up and to the East. Eventually a massive red and tan wall will appear, Once directly below it's Northern end, hike 300-400 meters up talus to it's base.
Approach time is ~1h20m at a reasonable and steady pace.