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Up the Downclimb

Name: Up the Downclimb
Rating: 1.0

5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British PG13

Routes in West Ridge - part A - Verschneidung to base

L › R R › L A › Z

	A Moveable Flake T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Allosaur T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Auntie Perspirant T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Blind Mouse T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Blues Power T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Clean Freak T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
	Crow's Landing T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Earnest Stemmingway T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ernest Extended Way T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Exterminator, The T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R
	Farmer's Wife, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	First Unknown T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Flyback T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Foaming Cleanser T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b X
	High Anxiety T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Importance of Being Earnest, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R
	Initial Hangover T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Initial Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Jam Con T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Kickin' Chicken T,S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Leg of Ilg T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Mineral Maze S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Morning Thunder T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Odarodle T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Office Girls Walk The Plank T 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Party Pooper T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Piece Easy T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Pork Chop T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Quo Vadis T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Ranger Danger T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Roadside Attraction T,S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Runsholl Scrunch T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
	Shot and Chaser T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Sleepytime T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Something Blue T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Stepping Stones T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Super Scooper T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Territorial Integrity T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a X
	Thunderbolts From Hell T,S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13
	Thunderworld T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Turkey Jerky T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R
	Up the Downclimb T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Verschneidung Dihedral T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Verschneidung Direct T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Water Line T,S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Wild Turkey S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Wingshot T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Wishbone T,S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13

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Type:	Trad, 140 ft (42 m) Fixed Hardware (2)
FA:	Jim Stuberg, Carl Harrison, 1981
Page Views:	1,177 total · 7/month
Shared By:	Dave Holliday on Dec 10, 2010
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Closures - lifted Details

Update: as of 6/7/23 per Mike McHugh, ECSP: all closures have been lifted within Eldorado Canyon State Park, including Continental Crag.

Crags on Eldorado Mountain, such as Mickey Mouse wall and Cryptic Crags, are outside of park boundaries and may still be subject to Boulder County closures.

Previously in 2023: per M. McHugh, ECSP: the upper loop of the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail, above the Crags Hotel Ruin, & the
Continental Divide Overlook, is closed effective immediately. This included Continental Crag.

These areas are closed to all activities, including rock climbing & hiking, through 7/15 or until further notice, to protect nesting golden eagles on the S side of the canyon.

Golden Eagles are protected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under authority of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A conviction of nest disturbance can carry a fine to $5,000 & one year imprisonment.

See the map in the photo section for terrain closure.

Previous years: 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 info visit:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…

Double check prior to venturing there. Thanks!

Description

This route is somewhat of a mixed bag. It starts easy and a little junky, has solid rock through a steep, airy, and fun bulge to a ledge, and then goes up a pretty crappy chimney. At the ledge after the bulge, there is a two-bolt anchor where an optional belay could be made. I would recommend finishing the route there as the chimney above is not worth the effort. If you decide to do the whole route, climb the chimney to the large tree with rappel slings.

Location

This route is about ten feet to the right of Stepping Stones. See that route for directions. There are several small trees in the first ten to fifteen feet of the route.

The descent is two single-rope rappels (from a tree and then a bolted anchor) with a 60m rope.