Cliffs of Insanity Guide

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Pam William Wardlaw-Kelly Fraser Dimsim

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1. Cliffs of Insanity 58 in Cliff
2. Index by grade

1. Cliffs of Insanity 58 routes in Cliff

Summary:

Seasonality

All Trad climbing

Lat / Long: 38.151435, -109.597229

access issues

Some of the land is private, most is public (BLM) land, please check the maps.

inherited from Indian Creek Canyon

	Route	Grade	Style
1	★★ Unnamed 5.10+	5.10+	Trad
2	★★★ M.C.'s Hammer	5.11-	Trad
3	★★★ Broken Brain	5.12	Trad
4	★★★ Unamed 5.10+ far Left Hands Splitter	5.10c	Trad 130ft
5	Use Your Head	5.9	Trad 50ft
6	Are There Rocks Ahead	5.10+	Trad 70ft
7	Ophidiophobia	5.11+	Trad 210ft, 2
8	A Hug From Andre	5.11	Trad 130ft
9	Pit Of Despair	5.12+	Trad 120ft
10	Six Fingerd Man	5.12-	Trad 55ft
11	Loony Bin	5.10	Trad 90ft
12	Padded Cell	5.11	Trad 100ft
13	Clandestine	5.12+	Trad 130ft
14	Funny Farm	5.11+	Trad 100ft
15	Iocane Powder	5.10-	Trad 35ft
16	Brute Squad	5.10	Trad 45ft
17	Dread Pirate Roberts	5.10+	Trad 60ft
18	Man In Black	5.12-	Trad 80ft
19	★ Get Used To The Disappointment	5.9	Trad 60ft
20	Inconceivable	5.12-	Trad 90ft
21	Andre The Giant	5.11-	Trad 30ft
22	★★ Nurse Rachet	5.10	Trad 90ft
23	I'Ve Seen Worse	5.11	Trad 100ft
24	Jew Fro An A Boner	5.11+	Trad 90ft
25	To The Pain	5.10- PG13	Trad 230ft, 2
26	True Love	5.10+	Trad 60ft
27	Mawwage	5.9	Trad 80ft
28	Puzzle Factory	5.12	Trad 80ft
29	Prince Humperdinky	5.11	Trad 45ft
30	Fezzik	5.11+ PG13	Trad 110ft
31	Back To The Beginning	5.9	Trad 60ft
32	Inigo Montoya	5.10d PG13	Trad 40ft
33	O.C.D.	5.10	Trad 110ft
34	As You Wish	5.11-	Trad 50ft
35	Tr	5.10	Trad 40ft
36	Skip To The End	5.11	Trad 40ft
37	Lightning Sand	5.10-	Trad 60ft
38	Cave Route	5.10-	Trad 45ft
39	Unknown 10+	5.10+	Trad 90ft
40	Princess Buttercup	5.10-	Trad 70ft
41	Farm Boy	5.9	Trad 80ft
42	R.O.U.S	5.10-	Trad 100ft
43	Vinciny	5.10a	Trad 60ft
44	Prepare To Die	5.10	Trad 60ft
45	Gilder	5.10	Trad 90ft
46	Fairy Dust	5.11-	Trad 70ft
47	Storming The Castle	5.11d	Trad 120ft
48	Jumping The Shark	5.11b	Trad 70ft
49	Hor D'Oeuvres	5.11	Trad 170ft
50	The Fire Swamp	5.10-	Trad 110ft
51	Offwidth Your Head	5.11-	Trad 120ft
52	Lobotomy	5.11+	Trad 130ft
53	Str8 Jacket	5.12c	Trad 230ft, 2
54	Nutter	5.11	Trad 70ft
55	The Dirty Spaniard	5.10+	Trad 110ft
56	The Iron Lady Tower	5.7 C1	Trad 170ft, 2
57	Wiggins I	5.11-	Trad 110ft
58	Wiggins Ii	5.12-	Trad 150ft

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style
5.7 C1		The Iron Lady Tower	Trad 170ft, 2
5.9		Back To The Beginning	Trad 60ft
		Farm Boy	Trad 80ft
	★	Get Used To The Disappointment	Trad 60ft
		Mawwage	Trad 80ft
		Use Your Head	Trad 50ft
5.10-		Cave Route	Trad 45ft
		Iocane Powder	Trad 35ft
		Lightning Sand	Trad 60ft
		Princess Buttercup	Trad 70ft
		R.O.U.S	Trad 100ft
		The Fire Swamp	Trad 110ft
5.10- PG13		To The Pain	Trad 230ft, 2
5.10a		Vinciny	Trad 60ft
5.10c	★★★	Unamed 5.10+	Trad 130ft
5.10		Brute Squad	Trad 45ft
		Gilder	Trad 90ft
		Loony Bin	Trad 90ft
	★★	Nurse Rachet	Trad 90ft
		O.C.D.	Trad 110ft
		Prepare To Die	Trad 60ft
		Tr	Trad 40ft
5.10d PG13		Inigo Montoya	Trad 40ft
5.10+		Are There Rocks Ahead	Trad 70ft
		Dread Pirate Roberts	Trad 60ft
		The Dirty Spaniard	Trad 110ft
		True Love	Trad 60ft
		Unknown 10+	Trad 90ft
	★★	Unnamed 5.10+	Trad
5.11-		Andre The Giant	Trad 30ft
		As You Wish	Trad 50ft
		Fairy Dust	Trad 70ft
	★★★	M.C.'s Hammer	Trad
		Offwidth Your Head	Trad 120ft
		Wiggins I	Trad 110ft
5.11b		Jumping The Shark	Trad 70ft
5.11		A Hug From Andre	Trad 130ft
		Hor D'Oeuvres	Trad 170ft
		I'Ve Seen Worse	Trad 100ft
		Nutter	Trad 70ft
		Padded Cell	Trad 100ft
		Prince Humperdinky	Trad 45ft
		Skip To The End	Trad 40ft
5.11d		Storming The Castle	Trad 120ft
5.11+		Funny Farm	Trad 100ft
		Jew Fro An A Boner	Trad 90ft
		Lobotomy	Trad 130ft
		Ophidiophobia	Trad 210ft, 2
5.11+ PG13		Fezzik	Trad 110ft
5.12-		Inconceivable	Trad 90ft
		Man In Black	Trad 80ft
		Six Fingerd Man	Trad 55ft
		Wiggins Ii	Trad 150ft
5.12c		Str8 Jacket	Trad 230ft, 2
5.12	★★★	Broken Brain	Trad
		Puzzle Factory	Trad 80ft
5.12+		Clandestine	Trad 130ft
		Pit Of Despair	Trad 120ft