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God's Crag Rock Climbing

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Areas in God's Crag

Cave Area 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Creamy Salmon Wall 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

High Gravity Wall 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Mileski Wall 1 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Ritalin Wall 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Upper Tier 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Elevation:	10,000 ft	3,048 m
GPS:	38.01232, -107.44616 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Orphaned on Nov 1, 2007
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Description

This beautiful calcified San Juan volcanic tuff (not limestone) crag looks like it is straight out of France. Located just past Lake City, this is THE sport climbing destination near Gunnison. The walls are steep pocketed pocketed streaked in black orange and white. The view from the crag is spectacular! Weather can be very fickle so bring a rain jacket and watch the clouds.

The Cave above the Mileski Wall is home to the Mixed climbing testpiece Jedi Mind Tricks (M12) established by Jared Ogden and Ryan Nelson in 2004.

Getting There

Starting in Lake City, get to the road to Engineer Pass (Henson Creek road). From highway 50, turn right on 3rd street, go 2 blocks and turn left. This road turns into Henson Creek road. Set your odometer and at about 7.2 miles you will come to a pull out on you right and Gods Crag will be visible high and to the right.

Ticks

Per Erik Rieger: watch for ticks, do your tick checks.

It is called Tick Rock by locals for a reason.

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Classic Climbing Routes at God's Crag

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

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 23 ● The Warm-up Sport High Gravity Wall
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 16 ● Fear is Never Boring Sport 2 pitches High Gravity Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 11 ● City Boy Sport 2 pitches High Gravity Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 11 ● Woman Thing Sport Mileski Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 9 ● Hard Tack Line Sport Ritalin Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 43 ● Bone Machine Sport Creamy Salmon Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 6 ● Gibteck Sport Ritalin Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 6 ● Fee Fahn Sport Ritalin Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 13 ● Bone Flex Sport Creamy Salmon Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 13 ● Sterling Coach Sport Creamy Salmon Wall
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 13 ● Black Velvet Sport Creamy Salmon Wall
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 4 ● Pump Action Hero Sport Upper Tier > Zebra Wall
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 4 ● Beautiful and Savage Country Sport Mileski Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 11 ● Zootie Head Sport Creamy Salmon Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 6 ● Full Facial Sport Cave Area