Most Classic Finger Cracks in CO
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Need the recommendations |
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I created a forum post and it has a handful from CO. https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/123518932/best-finger-cracks-in-n-america |
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Well, there's a route called Classic Finger Crack. |
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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. |
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bishops crack |
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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). |
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Ellen S wrote: Which is ironically not classic at all lol it's like 25 ft long |
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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. |
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Charley don't surf on Acid Rock in the SPlatte |
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“Texas Finger Crack” in Escalante Canyon… |
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Pitch 2 of Over the Hill in Eldo |
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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 |
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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
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