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The Wasp Canyon Rock Climbing

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Routes in The Wasp Canyon

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	Bee Positive T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Cheat Death V9 7C
	Down the Rabbit Hole T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Expensive Route, The T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	G Route, The S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Pittsburgh Stubby T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Point of Entry T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Raven's Haven, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Scorpion T,S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Starlight T,S 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Starry G (aka Beyond the Thunderdome?) S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Stinger T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Storm T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Stormy G, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Unknown V3 V3 6A
	W.A.S.P. (What About Some Pesticide?) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	You are Here T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
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Elevation:	7,725 ft
GPS:	39.19854, -105.21961 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: Road & nearby private property & COVID-19 Closure - now open Details

As of Nov. 6, 2020: per Johanna Jones: COVID-19 update: Thunder Ridge is open, although there are two considerations: 1) The landowners have asked climbers not to use their private road to enter Thunder Ridge. 2) As of July 1, 2020, all persons 18 and older must possess a valid Colorado HUNTING or FISHING LICENSE to access Colorado Parks and Wildlife land. THIS IS WHERE YOU PARK ON THIS LAND.

#2 is a little tricky considering the shoulder and the crag is on United State Forest Service land (Free), while the PARKING is on CPW land.

Info can be found here: pikespeakclimbersalliance.o…

As of April 5th, the Pikes Peak Climber's Alliance announced that Thunder Ridge is CURRENTLY CLOSED due to COVID-19. Please respect this closure, and check in with PPCA on updates as COVID-19 stay at home orders and impacts reduce over the coming months.

Please do your best to maintain good relationships with the people who own the land in this area. Do not drive your vehicle past the "private property" sign. Do not go up to the house to ask for directions to the crag. Do not ride your bike down the road. Please move immediately to the side of the road if any landowners are approaching in their vehicles.

Description

The Wasp Canyon, like the For Real Wall (Quarry Wall under the rock listing), is actually an extended buttress with routes running 270 degrees around the crag. On the left, up the For Real Canyon, is the Metaphysical Wall (on the right). As you move down canyon the wall seques into The Wasp Canyon which forms the South end of the buttress. Moving right and up into ... one next encounters, in sequence, the Wild Overhang Wall, The Wasp Wall, The Beer Sluts Wall, and The Lumber Jack Wall. These all comprise the contiguous crag on the left. The right side of ... also holds numerous routes on a formation variously called the DJ crag or the Post Office crag. The Wild Overhang Wall possesses most the business, running into middle 5.13 on some very steep rock. This feature can't be missed since it is a 40 ft roof system with a tanning slab below!!

Getting There

From the old road below the first tier of crags, the Wall In The Woods buttress is on the right. It is flanked by the For Real Canyon on the left and the Wasp canyon on the right. A cairned trail will take you over some ledges and through a talus field for routes in Wasp Canyon and the Wall In The Woods.

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Wasp Canyon

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V9 7C 8 ● Cheat Death Boulder
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 89 ● W.A.S.P. (What About Some Pestic… Trad
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 73 ● Bee Positive Trad
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 61 ● Stinger Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 34 ● Point of Entry Trad, Sport
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 15 ● The Expensive Route Trad
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 3 ● Down the Rabbit Hole Trad
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 12 ● Scorpion Trad, Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 74 ● Storm Trad
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 74 ● The G Route Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 8 ● The Stormy G Sport
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 59 ● Starlight Trad, Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 4 ● Starry G (aka Beyond the Thunder… Sport