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Routes in The Bastille - W Face
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Blind Faith T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Blind Side T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Breakfast in Bed T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Bridge-it Bardot (aka Hat Trick) T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Chance of Rain T,TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c X |
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Cream T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Early Riser, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 |
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Hair City T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R |
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Implied Consent T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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In Plain Sight T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a R |
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Let Them Eat Cake T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a R |
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Neon Lights T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R |
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New Chautauqua T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R |
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Out to Lunge T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R |
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Out to Lunge ... with Dessert T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13 |
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Out to Lunge Variation T,TR 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Rain T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R |
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Serengeti Spaghetti T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Stem Gem T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Sunset Boulevard S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Sunshine Daydream T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b X |
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Voodoo T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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West Arete T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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West Buttress T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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West Face T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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West Side aka West Chimney T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Your Mother S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b |
| Type: | Trad, 250 ft (76 m), 2 pitches |
| GPS: | 39.9304, -105.283 |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,588 total · 18/month |
| Shared By: | Tim Meehan on Aug 23, 2019 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Closures - lifted
Details
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
The Blind Side variation is a moderate mashup of Blind Faith and West Side. It avoids the cruxes of Blind Faith and the broken ramp and runout offwidth of West Side. The variations here are described elsewhere, in comments on the Blind Faith and West Side route pages. The attempt here is to put these variations in one place and piece together a coherent route with a lot of moderate hand crack climbing.
Pitch 1: follow the Blind Faith hand crack, past the West Side turnoff, past the short Blind Faith offwidth, to the base of the crux crack. Place pro under a flake, step right, and climb up to a right-angling ramp. Climb up to a left-angling ramp, watching for loose rock, to the Blind Faith gear belay. The left-angling ramp has the only loose rock on the route, and the gear options aren't great. This is the only section with a PG-13 rating. Thankfully the climbing is very easy at this stage. Moderate rope drag is hard to avoid.
Pitch 2: leave the belay ledge heading climber's left up the gash, and cross over to West Side. Climb the hand crack on left side, along the right-facing corner. When West Side traverses right, stay with the harder left variation, and continue up the hand crack in the right-facing corner. When climbing eases, step over to Blind Faith, to the hand crack in the left-facing corner. Stop at the top of Blind Faith, or continue up the slab on the right to Ivy's cables in the descent gash.
Walk off the top along the 4th Class descent trail.
Note: be careful building the belay anchor at the top of pitch 1. The obvious places for gear are in the margins of an unstable block. Look up high right for a more stable finger crack.
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