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Carbondale Area Climbing

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Areas in Carbondale Area

Coal Creek Boulders 0 / 13 / 8 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 52

Downtown Basalt 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3

Downtown Carbondale 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Frying Pan, The 13 / 22 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Lizard Lake 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Low Hanging Fruit Wall 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Narrows, The 21 / 47 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 63

Redstone Area 3 / 24 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 94

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Elevation:	6,156 ft	1,876 m
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Introduction

Situated between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, Carbondale lies in the shadow of 12,953-foot Mount Sopris, and is a small but growing town of about 6000 people. Cardondale is quickly becoming one of the most sought out places to live in Colorado if not the USA according the magazines such as Outside and Adventure. It is also the home of the two largest climbing magazines, Climbing and Rock and Ice so you would expect some good climbing close by!

Outdoor activities aren't limited to climbing, with great biking, kayaking and fly-fishing in the summer and excellent cross-country and backcountry skiing as well. It is also the home of Lou Dawson. one of the country's true backcountry ski pioneer's and member of the Colorado Ski and Board Hall of fame. Also, not to forget is that Aspen is 20 minutes up the road.

Getting There

Carbondale is located 170 miles west of Denver and 30 miles north of Aspen in the heart of Colorado's central Rocky Mountains. It is accessible from Interstate-70 through Glenwood Springs, which is 12 miles north of Carbondale.

Carbondale offers convenient access to three commercial airports: Aspen, Eagle and Grand Junction. It is approximately a three hour drive to Denver International Airport.

There is daily bus service to and from Glenwood Springs, Basalt, and Aspen. Greyhound buses and Amtrack passenger trains arrive daily in Glenwood Springs.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Carbondale Area

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

V5-6 6C+ 10 ● Corkscrew Boulder Redstone Area > River Boulders > Corkscrew Boulder
V7 7A+ 15 ● Frankenstein Boulder Redstone Area > Redstone Boulders > Stein Boulder
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 61 ● Been Caught Stealin' Trad Narrows > Schoolyard
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 33 ● Jenga Buttress Crack aka 10a Crack Trad Narrows > Narrows Proper
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 18 ● Nose Job Sport Frying Pan > Skillet
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 49 ● Party At Your Mama's House Sport Narrows > Front Porch
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 19 ● Back From The Dead Sport Narrows > Front Porch
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 4 ● Blue Anteater Sport Low Hanging Fruit Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 13 ● Deep Eddy Sport Narrows > Narrows Proper
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 9 ● Pocket Puzzle Sport Redstone Area > Redstein > 2nd Band
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 5 ● The Technician Sport Frying Pan > Skillet
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 20 ● The Anvil Sport Redstone Area > Redstein > 2nd Band
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 5 ● Huge-a-thon Sport Narrows > Gash > Trifle Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 8 ● Red Faction Sport Narrows > Narrows Proper
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 4 ● Slice of Death Sport Narrows > Gash > Left Side