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West Creek Climbing

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Areas in West Creek

Bird Rock 19 / 5 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Sheep's Nose 30 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Sleeping Rock aka Sheep's Nose Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 58 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 58

Thunder Ridge 111 / 33 / 3 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 152

Elevation:	7,500 ft
GPS:	39.15255, -105.16307 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	John McNamee on Feb 17, 2006
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Description

West Creek is a less visited area of the South Platte with incredible climbing on Thunder Ridge and the better known, near-the-road Sheep's Nose. There are single pitch and multi-pitch climbs ranging from 5.6 to 5.14. There are bolted and traditional climbs here. This area requires effort to climb. It is principally a Spring, Summer, and Fall area due to road conditions.

Getting There

Go down CO 126 until you reach Deckers. Keep going for a long way until CO 126 meets CO 67, and keep south on CO 67, turn right on 68 going to Westcreek, and take a right on Stump Road. The first formation you will see is Sheep's Nose on the right and is a big dome looking formation (has nice boulder problems on approach!).

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Classic Climbing Routes at West Creek

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13 88 ● W.A.S.P. (What About Some Pestic… Trad Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 69 ● Let's Do It Again, Daddy Trad Thunder Ridge > Alligator Lounge
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 74 ● Pulp Friction Sport Thunder Ridge > Quarry
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 73 ● Bee Positive Trad Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 63 ● Ten Years After Trad 2 pitches Sheep's Nose
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 214 ● Lost in Space Direct Trad 4 pitches Sheep's Nose
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 111 ● Reptile Trad Thunder Ridge > Brown Wall
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 140 ● Is This For Real? Trad Thunder Ridge > For Real Canyon
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 107 ● Reptile Tears Trad Thunder Ridge > Brown Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 53 ● So Wild Trad Thunder Ridge > For Real Canyon
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 77 ● Powder Monkey Trad Thunder Ridge > Post Office
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 50 ● Real Black Velvet Sport Thunder Ridge > For Real Canyon
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 73 ● Storm Trad Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 73 ● The G Route Sport Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 58 ● Starlight Trad, Sport Thunder Ridge > Wasp Canyon