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Rockshop Traverse

V5-6, Boulder, 200 ft (61 m),  Avg: 3.5 from 16 votes
FA: unknown
Colorado > Grand Junction… > Unaweep Canyon > Nine Mile Hill > Nine Mile Bould… > E Creek Day Use… > Rockshop Wall

Description

This is the huge traverse on almost all steep jugs for over 200 feet. It feels natural to climb it right to left, but left to right would also be fine. It is so fun and only 10 minutes from GJ!

Location

From Whitewater, head west up Unaweep for a couple miles, park at the first big pullout on the right. The traverse is right next to the parking lot.

Protection

Pad.

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The second seventy feet.
[Hide Photo] The second seventy feet.
Midway through the first crux.
[Hide Photo] Midway through the first crux.
The first 70 feet.
[Hide Photo] The first 70 feet.
The end of the 3rd crux.
[Hide Photo] The end of the 3rd crux.
The start of the third crux.
[Hide Photo] The start of the third crux.
The start holds to The Rockshop Traverse, just right of the dirt pile.
[Hide Photo] The start holds to The Rockshop Traverse, just right of the dirt pile.
Jared midway through the second crux on The Rockshop Traverse.
[Hide Photo] Jared midway through the second crux on The Rockshop Traverse.
So fun.
[Hide Photo] So fun.

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Matt Rauen
 
[Hide Comment] Pumpy long traverse and a great workout with challenging crux moves. Sep 15, 2013
Nolan Robertson
Durango, CO
  V5-6
[Hide Comment] Fun traverse! A little more dirt comes off these holds, and it will be a super classic! I am curious if anyone knows about the obvious drilled and filled in pockets out left of the traverse and who the good Samaritan might be that filled them in? Jun 4, 2019
N R

 
[Hide Comment] Nolan, a flash flood two summers back covered most of the lower wall with mud...perhaps it was naturally filled? Jun 5, 2019
Nolan Robertson
Durango, CO
  V5-6
[Hide Comment] Nick Reecy, no way. It is definitely filled with some sort of epoxy, sika, or concrete. I'll take some pictures next time I am out there. Jun 6, 2019