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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
Cracked Egg 
Go Van Gogh 
Groovin' 
Huevos Rancheros 
Jesus or Jeopardy 
Just Say No to Crack 
Leggo My Eggo 
Lowe Blow 
Old Peculier 
Over Easy 
Runnel Chunnel 
Variety Delight 
Windjammer 

The Egg 


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Description 

Mostly bolted, and nicely angled. The granite here has pockets on most of the face. The climbs tend to be long and feel very exposed. Either do a 2-rope rappel or hike off to the west. A very warm area to climb. The highest of the deep winter crags.


Getting There 

Park in the Little Cottonwood lower canyon Park and Ride. Locate the climber's access trail in the lot's northeast corner (directly north of the restroom). Follow this trail east until you are directly below The Egg. Continue on the switchbacks to the base of the routes. Do a small 4th class scramble to gain the routes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Egg:
Variety Delight   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches, 210 feet   
Huevos Rancheros   5.7 R     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
Groovin'   5.8+     Trad, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
Go Van Gogh   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Lowe Blow   5.9+     Trad, 2 pitches, 210 feet   
Leggo My Eggo   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 150 feet   
Jesus or Jeopardy   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch   
Old Peculier   5.11-     Trad, 60 feet   
Cracked Egg   5.11c     Trad, 2 pitches, 130 feet, Grade II   
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Featured Route For The Egg
Leaving the start of Groovin' onto Huevos Rancheros. <br /> <br />LeAnn get's a lap.

Huevos Rancheros 5.7 R  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : The Egg
Huevos Rancheros is the second bolt line to the right of Variety Delight (obvious splitter groove up the center of the Egg). It is a long way between bolts.You can either start this at the starting flake of Groovin', or start at Variety Delight and traverse right into the route. The first bolt is way up there, but an alien could be placed when passing the 5.6 groove of Lowe Blowe. Crux is right at the first bolt, then lots of incut features lead to the top. Angle left at the top to use the a...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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Egg and Dragon Arch

BETA PHOTO: Egg and Dragon Arch

1) Leggo My Eggo 2) Variety Delight 3) Just Say No to Crack 4) Huevos Rancheros 5) Lowe Blowe 6) Jesus or Jeopardy 7) Groovin'

BETA PHOTO: 1) Leggo My Eggo 2) Variety Delight 3) Just Say ...

The Egg

BETA PHOTO: The Egg

The Egg.

BETA PHOTO: The Egg.

Great Beta on how to approach The Egg

BETA PHOTO: Great Beta on how to approach The Egg


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By Vince Romney
Jul 26, 2004

I've climbed many times on the Egg in mid-winter during our 40-50 degree day warm-spells. It offers varied face and crack/groove climbing, with a particularly interesting (awkward) off-width (.9+) courtesy of George Lowe. Pretty much all easy to moderate climbs with a couple .10a's thrown in. Food for the odd day out.

By Stan Pitcher
From: SLC, UT
Oct 17, 2011

For approach - new trail leads to west side of egg and if you do the scramble up from there, you will be at base of Leggo and a few tricky moves from the other routes. To reach the base of most of the routes, you need to find the old trail heading right along the base of the Egg and then scramble up and left to the ledge below Variety/Groovin.

By Greg G
From: SLC, UT
Mar 19, 2013

the egg combined with the dragon arch make one of the better crags in the canyon.