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1st Band
Colorado
> Carbondale Area
> Redstone Area
> Redstein
Description
The first band contains mostly hard sport routes (5.12 and up) and a couple moderates on the far right, but the rock is very rotten on that end.
Getting There
From the approach gully, look for a small cairn after you become level with what looks like climbable rock to the right. If you look off up and to the right, you will see a lot of bolts on bulges and overhangs.
Step off the main gully, going slightly down and over precariously loose terrain to the base of the ledge. Find a fixed line, and use it gain the ledge proper. The follow more fixed lines along the base of the climbs until the ledge becomes wider and safer.
[Hide Comment] Not sure what the description above is referring to with rotten rock. The rock at this crag is generally quite good, with the occasional brief choss band at the start.
Also, for a less adventurous approach, park in the first pullout on your left after you pass the north entrance to Redstone. This is the same parking for the River Boulders. Cross the highway, and pick up a trail. Follow this up the hill, and when it splits just before the cliff, stay left (right is the Friends and Family slab), watching out for some poison ivy at the junction. Follow a faint and rugged trail up and left which brings you to the base of the cave routes.
Jun 26, 2015
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Carbondale, CO
Also, for a less adventurous approach, park in the first pullout on your left after you pass the north entrance to Redstone. This is the same parking for the River Boulders. Cross the highway, and pick up a trail. Follow this up the hill, and when it splits just before the cliff, stay left (right is the Friends and Family slab), watching out for some poison ivy at the junction. Follow a faint and rugged trail up and left which brings you to the base of the cave routes. Jun 26, 2015