Sheep Mountain Rock Climbing

Sheep Mountain is a large crag complex well-documented in the new 2018 Poudre Canyon Guidebook with >200 routes and boulder problems. This area hosts routes from 5.7 to 5.13 with emphasis in the 5.10-5.11 range. The Skyline Boulders (developed in 2011) have problems in the V2-9 range. As usual, Steve McCorkel picked off some of the best looking lines at the crag early in the development while the majority of the ~150 other routes were development between 2011-2018 by the Paul Heyliger crew (G. Hand, T. Anderson, B. Austin, J. Brink, J. Dory, J. Durkin, ...).

The majority of the walls face south, so this is a great winter area. There are some long and multi-pitch routes, so a 70m is useful. Many of the routes require some trad gear, so bring a light rack. As with any new area, there is still a lot of loose rock. Bring and wear a helmet, especially belaying!