| Type: | Sport, 50 ft (15 m) |
| GPS: | 37.85137, -106.29103 |
| FA: | Alex Colville, Tom Helvie, 8/92 |
| Page Views: | 1,831 total · 8/month |
| Shared By: | Chris Wenker on May 19, 2008 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
The parking lot off Hwy 41G used to be the established point of access to the main canyon, but it is now closed. On 5/31/2020, an access issue arose due to the lot being overcrowded with ~7 vehicles. Saguache County Sheriff was called by the landowners, and the climbers were asked to leave the canyon. Climbers should park at the Penitente Main Canyon and hike in, or park at the established BLM parking lot 1 mile West on 41G and hike the road.
The SLV Climbers Alliance, with support from the Access Fund, is navigating this access issue. Contact slvclimb.org for questions or status reports, or join the Facebook Group "San Luis Valley Climbers Alliance" for the latest updates.
Description
This is a super-fun, easy, fairly long, frictiony face, with a great position in the canyon. A hard start can be bypassed on the right. This is Route #19 in D'Antonio's guides (1999:36 and 1994:20). The name of the route is sadly misspelled in the 1999 guidebook.
Location
From the roadside parking, this route is on a buttress on the right about 100 yards up the canyon. It ascends the nose of the buttress, just right of The Bottom Line, and one could probably go past the Geritol chains to set a toprope on The Bottom Line as well.



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