Glenwood Springs
408 routes and 53 boulder problems at 31 crags. "Glenwood Springs" is the catalogue's own grouping — a town, a canyon or a corridor, whichever climbers actually say.
Which way a wall faces is known for 15 of these 31; the rest say nothing rather than guess. Sun and shade by season ranks the ones we know.
At a glance
- Crags sit between 5,758 and 7,584 ft (elevation known for 31 of 31).
- Rock, where known (31 of 31 crags): granite (11), gneiss, schist & quartzite (9), sandstone (6), limestone (5).
- Mapped geology under these crags (31 of 31 read off the geologic map): leadville limestone, williams canyon limestone , manitou limestone, and sawatch quartzite (14), granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group (11), belden fm (5) and 1 more unit.
- The USGS has mapped this ground since 1906; each crag page shows its oldest sheet.
- No crag here is within 1.5 km of an RTD stop. Mapped toilets within 2 km of 9.
- Sun and shade:
In print since 1877
1877 Geologic Map of Colorado (Hayden), high-resolution scan · F. V. Hayden; scan by the Colorado Geological Survey · 1877
Geological and geographical atlas of Colorado and portions of adjacent territory · F. V. Hayden, U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories · 1877
Free to read: public domain or government work, each opened and signed by a person. The whole shelf is in the reading room.
From the archives
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Glenwood Canyon
- Puoux61 routes · faces S · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 5,826 ft
- No Name Canyon34 routes and 12 boulder problems · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,252 ft
- Shoshone Power Plant Area1 route and 18 boulder problems · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 5,944 ft
- Surgery Buttress16 routes · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,942 ft
- The Neighborhood14 routes · faces NW · shale (Belden Fm, with limestone, sandstone) · 5,828 ft
- East Canyon11 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Quartzite Wasteland9 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Dead Horse Crag8 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Fountain Buttress8 routes · faces N · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 7,584 ft
- The Airy Block8 routes · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,035 ft
- Grizzly Creek Wall (aka Mudwall)7 routes · faces E · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,675 ft
- Grey Slabs (aka Sugar Slabs)4 routes · faces SE · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,406 ft
- The Bypass4 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- The Homestead4 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Cruiser Gully/Buttress1 route · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Hanging Lake Slab1 route · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Hanging Lake Trail Boulder1 boulder problem · faces S · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,114 ft
- International Buttress1 route · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
- Super Puoux1 route · faces S · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,642 ft
- Unknown Tower1 route · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 6,000 ft
Main Elk Creek
- Main Elk Crag65 routes · faces S · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,499 ft
- Pup Tent of Solitude45 routes · faces S · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,420 ft
- Burro Wall20 routes · faces S · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,569 ft
- Fortress of Solitude20 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,364 ft
- Windy Point2 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,364 ft
East Elk Creek
- East Elk Granite25 routes · faces SE · Leadville Limestone, Williams Canyon Limestone , Manitou Limestone, and Sawatch Quartzite · 6,961 ft
- New Castle Boulders21 boulder problems · shale (Belden Fm, with limestone, sandstone) · 6,521 ft
- Hogwarts10 routes · faces E · shale (Belden Fm, with limestone, sandstone) · 6,889 ft
- The Distillery5 routes and 1 boulder problem · faces NW · shale (Belden Fm, with limestone, sandstone) · 6,771 ft
South Canyon
Glenwood Springs Buildering
Every crag here comes from the open catalogue or a cited guidebook; see Sources & licences. Counts are the current build's.