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Cinch Crack

Name: Cinch Crack
Rating: 2.7

5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British

Routes in Hawk-Eagle Ridge

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	Anthurium S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	ATC T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Body Lice TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Bold Finger T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bowling Alley T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Brother Jug T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Carolina Reaper T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c X
	Central Park T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Cinch Crack T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Comeback Arete, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Crab, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Cracker Jack T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Crystal Gaze TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Dead Left T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Dead On Arrival T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Death Card (aka Ace of Spades) T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R
	Devo T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Die Heeda Rule T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Emergency Brake T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Gluttony T 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Grim Reaper T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c R
	Grubble Gully T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Hangman, The T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a R
	Heart of Gold S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Heva TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a X
	Hooker T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hopscotch T,TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a X
	I've Been Sick T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Inflorescence S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	January Playmate T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	January Rush T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Larch, The T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Last of a Dying Breed T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b X
	Leapfrog T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Lips Like Sugar S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Little Hawk T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Low Profile TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Molehill Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Mountains Out of Molehills T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Nails to Nowhere T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Nobody's Home T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Not Ready (For Prime Time) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Pepe le Peu T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Peter's Out T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Peters Out - Roof Variation T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Plinth T,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Prime Time Climb T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Resisting Arete T,TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Roof's Way T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Rupee Dog Route T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Rush Buick T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Russian Arete T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Self Abuse T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Shallow Grave T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R
	Short One T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Siberian Khatru T,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Skip 'n' Go Naked T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Slide, The T 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c PG13
	Squeamish, The T,TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Stay Hungry T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Stop! T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Stranglehold T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Tekneek? T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Time Under Tension T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
	Tombstone T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Uncle Ernie T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Uninspiring Wall T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	W T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Walk About T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Werner Brothers' Roof T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13
	Yellow Brick Road T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	You'll Poke Your Eye Out T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Access Issue: Seasonal Closures Details

Per Dustin Bergman, CO State Parks Officer #770, ECSP:

Seasonal Raptor Closures
Check Park site for current closures:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…

For more information visit:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…

Double check prior to venturing there. Thanks!

Access Issue: Turkey Vulture nesting closure - now lifted Details

Per Dustin Bergman, State Parks Officer, ECSP (1/30/21): the Hawk Eagle closures are lifted!

Attention: CLOSURE - the Eldorado Canyon SP staff has placed a closure for a confirmed turkey vulture nesting as of 7/3/20. This applies to Heart of Gold, Rush Buick, Emergency Brake, The Squeamish, and Nobody's Home.

As of 9/13/19, the turkey vulture closure was lifted. The nest is empty.

Attention: the Eldorado Canyon SP staff has informed us that Heart of Gold, Rush Buick, Emergency Brake, Nobody's Home, and The Squeamish are closed until further notice for turkey vulture nesting. Please respect this closure. This notice came out Aug. 22, 2019.

Description

If this thing were on the ground, it'd make for a great boulder problem, but unfortunately it's about 20 feet high, so you should probably rope up. Cinch Crack is the obvious, overhanging splitter (out a sort of roof/prow) low on Hawk-Eagle Ridge, just before the chimney downclimb that deposits you in the big gully by Wind Tower.

A fixed pin w/ some tat and a fixed Alien can be supplemented with trad pro. Hard moves and long reaches gain the lip. Head up the crack to a double-bolt anchor (1/4") or better yet, down climb and down aid to get your gear back.

This is Old school 5.12b, meaning hard as hell!