Deep Cut Guide

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20,722 routes and 9,367 boulder problems at 2,256 Colorado crags. Every route says how sure we are of where it starts.

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Colorado rock, from the archives

[Rock of Ages, Garden of the Gods]
Garden of the Gods · [Rock of Ages, Garden of the Gods] · C. Duhem & Bro. · 1869
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive
Air Force Academy · [Aerial view of the United States Air Force Academy, El Paso County, Colorado] · Trikosko, Marion S. · 1958
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · found by place name, not yet checked
Ute Pass · Manitou and vicinity - Rainbow Falls, Ute Pass · Thurlow, J. (James Thomas), 1831-1878 · 1874
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · found by place name, not yet checked
San Luis Valley · Entrance to Sah Watch valley. San Luis valley and the Sierra Blanca in the distance · P.S. Duval & Co. · 1854
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive
Mount Herman · [Bed of one-year-old yellow pine trees, Mount Herman Nursery, Pike National Forest, El Paso County, Colorado] · 1909
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · found by place name, not yet checked
Pike's Peak · Manitou, Pike's Peak in distance · Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 · 1881
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive
Black Canyon of the Gunnison · A rift in the rocks, Black Canyon, Colo., U.S.A. on line D&R, G.R.R. · 1898
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive
Leadville · Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo. · Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 · 1896
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive
City of Boulder · Viewing the little city of Boulder, Colorado, from the heights · 1906
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · found by place name, not yet checked
Boulder · Boulder, Colorado · Detroit Photographic Co. · 1900
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · Public domain · the record · indexed to this place by the archive

Photographs of these places held by the Library of Congress, the oldest from 1854. Every one carries the Library's own “no known restrictions on publication”. The whole deep-cuts layer →

15 routes

  • 1 Easy Left Face 5.9+
    ★ 2.2 · 4 Sport Upper Tier Left · Hornsilver · 9,169 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 3 Saturn Uranus 5.10c
    ★ 2.5 · 2 Sport Lower Tier · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 2 Easy Left Face 2 5.6
    ★ 1.0 · 1 Sport Upper Tier Left · Hornsilver · 9,169 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 1 Luna Clips 5.10c
    ★ 3.0 · 1 Sport Lower Tier · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 2 Moonwalk 5.11a
    ★ 4.0 · 1 Sport Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 2 Luna Sea 5.12c
    ★ 3.0 · 1 Trad Lower Tier · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 3 CIA Youth Programs 5.2
    Trad Upper Tier Left · Hornsilver · 9,169 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 5 Unknown (far right side) 5.6
    SportTop rope Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 4 Bomba Chute 5.9
    Trad Lower Tier · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 3 Mission Control 5.11a
    SportTrad Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 4 Right Face 1 5.11b
    Sport Upper Tier Left · Hornsilver · 9,169 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 5 Right Face 2 5.11b
    Sport Upper Tier Left · Hornsilver · 9,169 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 4 Spacewalk 5.11b
    Sport Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • 1 Pablo's Arete 5.12a
    Top rope Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Position on wall known
  • Triton 5.10d
    ★ 2.0 · 1 Sport Upper Tier Right · Hornsilver · 9,067 ft · gneiss, schist & quartzite Crag only