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Project X Wall

Colorado > Denver South > Castlewood Canyon SP
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Description

This wall contains some nice moderate lines as well as some harder testpieces. See directions below for more detail on location, but it's defining feature is a boulder about 10 feet away from the wall that is as high as the wall itself. This boulder keeps this contour around a dihedral.

Getting There

This wall lies between the falls wall and hedgeclipper wall on the eastern side of the canyon. The easiest way to reach it is via the rim rock trail. It is probably 400 yards north of the ruined dam. It's noticable feature is a L-shaped corner that has a gigantic boulder in the corner that makes it that shape, rather than a dihedral. To the south of that corner there are four routes, spaced about 10 feet apart from each other that you can rap off of. However, the easiest access is a 5.4 ramp 10 yards n/w of the corner. Two routes are n/w of this ramp - one on the giant boulder face, and another 20 yards further on the main face that climbs the arete.

Routes from Left to Right

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 10
● Skunk Budtress
Sport, TR
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 17
● Lothar
Sport, TR
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
 1
● Anticlimacticrack
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 16
● Rest in Pieces
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 10
● Nuclear Blue
Sport
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
 7
● Project X
Sport
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
 3
● Radiation Control Area
Sport
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 4
● Stemasaurus
Sport, TR
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Skunk Budtress
 10
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport, TR
● Lothar
 17
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport, TR
● Anticlimacticrack
 1
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad
● Rest in Pieces
 16
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Nuclear Blue
 10
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Project X
 7
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Sport
● Radiation Control Area
 3
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Sport
● Stemasaurus
 4
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport, TR

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The Corner Block from the West.
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Luc Gruenther
[Hide Comment] I was in shock when I hiked up to the Project X Wall a few days ago and found that someone had used spray paint to graffiti the main wall, just below Nuclear Blue and Project X routes. It is a terrible eyesore on the previously-asthetic face. I know this was not done by climbers, and I also know that any climber in his right mind would put a climbing rope noose around the graffiti "artist's" neck if he could. It's very disappointing to see one of our local crags defaced this way. I've attached pictures of the damage.

If anyone has ideas on how to remove the paint from the rock, email me. I'd be glad to remove this garbage from the rock.

--Luc May 5, 2003
Tom Hanson
[Hide Comment] The paint has been removed.
I don't know who to thank.
Luc, did you have a hand in this?
Kudos to the fine example of a climber who led the clean up! Jun 27, 2006
The Locnar
[Hide Comment] For the quickest approach, take the well-established C-Section Trail. From the base of the Hedgeclipper route, scramble up the rocks to the climber's left, then cross over the fallen tree trunk before getting too high on the rock. After crossing over the tree trunk, head down through the foliage, then follow the base of the wall North, and you will soon arrive at The Project X Wall. Jan 30, 2025