Western Sloper 4th edition

Jeff Achey & BJ Sbarra | Wolverine Publishing | 2025

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Colorado’s Western Slope, where you can have a crag to yourself - or not! Climb limestone, sandstone, or granite. Trad, sport, multi-pitch. Overhanging caves, 5.6 slabs, or splitter hand cracks. There are super-popular venues such as New Castle’s Main Elk Crag, plus new gems like the Dipsensary in East Elk and the Burn on Clinetop Road. Over 30 crags in all — 1800+ routes — from Rifle to Glenwood Canyon, Carbondale to Marble, Basalt to Lime Park. Don’t waste hours fumbling with your phone trying to find weak knockoffs of this beta. Treat yourself to the source. Pretty darned sweet.

Areas included are:

1. New Castle area — Rifle Arch, East Elk, Main Elk

2. Glenwood Canyon — Puoux, Noname Canyon, Surgery Buttress, and more

3. Crystal River — Thompson Creek, Narrow, Marble

4. Frying Pan River — F Pan, Lime Park, Hagerman Pass

You won't find Rifle Mountain Park in this edition, but we do have a separate guidebook for this world-class area, so check it out!