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Pocketed, mostly vertical limestone, short approaches, year round climbing in all orientations in a beautiful setting. It can get crowded on weekends but the area is big enough to find a quiet spot.
Description
The Shelf Road is a limestone sport climbing destination in southern Colorado offering mostly single pitch sport climbs. Most of the cliffs are vertical with pocketed limestone but you will find one or the other crack (and even some trad or mixed routes) in between. Shelf Road is close to Cañon City, Colorado Springs and even Denver, making it a popular weekend destination. The most popular cliff is Cactus Wall but many other cliffs offer high quality rock and might be a good choice on the weekends. You can climb all year at Shelf Road, chasing sun or shade depending on the season. The surroundings are beautiful and quiet and the camping is cheap (or free). Paths are well maintained and marked and it is easy to find your way around.
Approche
Find your way to Cañon City located at the Arkansas River. From the city take 15th Street north (or North Raynolds Ave if you come from the east) and then follow Garden Park Road (9) north until you see a turn off for either Sand Gulch Camping (on your left) or Bank (just before a sharp right turn on your left). For The Bank Camping and day parking follow the dirt road up, for the day parking for Cactus Cliff continue on Garden Park Road (which by now is called Shelf Road) until you see the parking.
Où dormir
There are 2 BLM campsites, Sand Gulch (a little further down) and The Banks (closer to the cliffs). There is also dispersed camping as the land is BLM land but not a lot of it is really flat.
Éthique
There are restrooms at the camp sites and in between The Vault and Cactus Cliff, please use them! Pack in what you pack out.
Historique
Graphique de l'historique des voies
Shelf Road was on of the first sport climbing areas in the USA. First routes were bolted here in the mid to late 1980's.
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Auteur·e·s: Rick Thompson
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9781954040007
- Sharp End Publishing:
- Located in south-central Colorado, Shelf Road is one of America's leading sport climbing destinations. Use Shelf Road Rock to explore the more than 1,200 routes scattered among the limestone canyons.
- Features climbs from 5.4 to 5.14
- The personalities of the routes are revealed through artistic, entertaining route descriptions and gear recommendations (including bolt counts)
- Includes long-overlooked historical first ascent information and action shots galore
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Auteur·e·s: Gerry Roach
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781641607759
Providing accurate and comprehensive info, the 4th edition of Fulcrum Colorado's Fourteeners includes standard, alternate and technical routes for all 58 peaks over 14,000 ft. in the Centennial state.
- Updated to include up-to-date topographic maps, GPS coordinates, expanded route details and alterations to trail access
- Multiple tables and appendices summarize features for quick reference
- Author Gerry Roach shares his expertise from over 50 years of mountaineering
- Includes full colour photos and 31 maps
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Auteur·e·s: Matt Payne and Bob Rosebrough
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781937052775
- Colorado Mountain Club:
- Climbing Colorado's San Juans is a treasure trove of adventures ranging from easy scrambles for the outdoor novice to advanced, technical ascents of staggering summits for seasoned peakbaggers.
- Chapters are organized into 13 mountain subgroups
- Covers nearly 300 routes and 200 peaks—including 13 of Colorado's 54 fourteeners and 29 of its highest Centennial peaks
- Includes key intel, maps, color photos and storied explanations of San Juan mountain's climbing history
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Majeurs à proximité
| 5.11c | ★★★ Affluenza | ||
| 5.12a/b | ★★★ Little Mecca | ||
| 5.12c | ★★★ The Ejection Generation |
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Brandon dans ★★ #1 Super Guy 5.11a
Brandon Delgrosso dans ★★ #1 Super Guy 5.11a - Why do they call it that?
Devan Johnson à Shelf Road
Aaron Branch dans ★★★ Hostile Crankover 5.11c - Cranking into the crux
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