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Most Classic Finger Cracks in CO

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Doug J · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2021 · Points: 5

Need the recommendations

TaylorP · · Pump Haus, Sonora · Joined Oct 2016 · Points: 0
Ellen S · · Boulder, CO · Joined Nov 2020 · Points: 180

Well, there's a route called Classic Finger Crack

Doctor Choss · · Arvada, CO · Joined Sep 2018 · Points: 5

Few good ones I’ve been on in the 10/11 range. Regular Route on Practice Rock in BoCan. Finger Lickin Good in Turkey Rocks. Breachear’s Crack II. Pitch 1 Naked Edge. Aid Crack ~ Cob Rock.

Scoot Bank · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 873

bishops crack 

Jonathan S · · Golden, CO · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 261

Cheap Date at Lumpy is a classic finger-size crack. A bit more obscure but excellent finger cracks are the first two pitches of Captain Beyond (Mickey Mouse Wall) and the second pitch of Throne Room (the Castle, S Platte).

Michael Spiesbach · · Boulder, CO · Joined May 2014 · Points: 135
Ellen S wrote:

Well, there's a route called Classic Finger Crack

Which is ironically not classic at all lol it's like 25 ft long

Todd R · · Vansion · Joined May 2014 · Points: 61

I would second Cheap Date in Lumpy as one of the most unique finger cracks in CO. Visual Aids and some other stuff on the book are sweet finger-adjacent things also.

Finger Licking Good at Turkey - I don’t get the hype on this one. The finger crack is like 12 feet long if I remember right.

Aid Crack is more of a seamy face climb in my opinion with a few locks.

Bishops Crack for sure.

Other thoughts: 

Breashear’s Crack (P1 of Wunsch’s) for sure. 

Silver Bullet at Quarry Wall is sweet if you don’t mind the Quarry Wall funkiness.

Mostly copied from John’s Splatte list in the other thread: 

Craftwork, The Far Reaches, Brothers in Arms, Charley Don’t Surf, Astro Turkey

I like The Voo perhaps more than your average climber and it’s close enough so I’ll throw in: 

Eagle Brand, Climbs of Passion, Max Factor, the first 1/2 of Hypertension, Gloria even though it’s so short. I think Master of Sport counts as fingers also. June Bride if you want to get thrashed though it’s more 1/3 seam 1/3 fingers 1/3 flared hands. I’ll cut it off here cuz I love everything in Vedauwoo. 

I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch that other folks can fill in. 

Derek Lawrence · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 710

Charley don't surf on Acid Rock in the SPlatte

Curmudgeon Don · · Montrose, Co · Joined Jul 2021 · Points: 0

“Texas Finger Crack” in Escalante Canyon… 

Yiran Li · · Boulder, CO · Joined Sep 2020 · Points: 5

Pitch 2 of Over the Hill in Eldo

Tal M · · Denver, CO · Joined Dec 2018 · Points: 4,322

More on the 3-star side of things than 4 star but Nutmeg (5.9) at Wonderland (pictured) and Doreal's Dihedral (5.10++) at Cultist Crag by Devil’s Head are two with low traffic that are worth calling out. The open project next to DD is an absolute banger is varies from fingers to tight hands so isn’t a strict finger crack

Ryan Enright · · Saratoga Springs, NY · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 0

Neuro surgeon at river wall

Silver bullet and bone collector at north table

Thunderdome, arms bazaar, gill crack in bocan

Breashears(p1 wunschs), bishop crack, fingerlickin good, whimsical dreams in splatte


Dead boy direct, living dead, finger crack in lumpy



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