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The Chessmen Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in The Chessmen

Afternoon Spire 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Black Eagle Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Black Elk Spire 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Breaking Wave Spire 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Chockstone Corridor - South Summit 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Double Bagger, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Emporium Wall 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Gorgon 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Guilt Edge 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Happiness is Water 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Hunter's Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Icebreaker, The 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Journeyman 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Kingman, The 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Limp Richard 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Little Split Dome 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mern 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mickey Mouse 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mt. Dallymore 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Munge Mound 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

No Eraser 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

North needle 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Quite the Spire 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Raspberry Sting 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Showcase Wall, The 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Split Dome 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Swindler's Wall 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Twisted Tree 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Wobbegong 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Elevation:	5,588 ft	1,703 m
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Description

Traditional climbing area - a group of rocks south of Horsethief Lake in the Black Elk Wilderness.

Getting There

Approach from Horsethief Lake.

66 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Chessmen

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 17 ● Breaking Wave Trad 2 pitches Breaking Wave Spire
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 4 ● SGT Klemmer Trad Mt Dallymore
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 4 ● Death Flake Arete Trad Mern
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Goats on a Bridge Trad Chockstone Corridor -…