Rifle
465 routes at 33 crags. "Rifle" 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 5 of these 33; the rest say nothing rather than guess. Sun and shade by season ranks the ones we know.
At a glance
- Crags sit between 6,328 and 7,243 ft (elevation known for 33 of 33).
- Rock, where known (28 of 33 crags): limestone (28).
- Mapped geology under these crags (33 of 33 read off the geologic map): leadville limestone, gilman sandstone, dyer dolomite, and parting fm (19), belden fm (9), wasatch fm (including fort union equivalent at base) and ohio creek fm (5).
- 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.
- Sun and shade:
Rifle Mountain Park
- Ice Cave Walls43 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,969 ft
- Ruckman Cave42 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,076 ft
- Anti-Phil Wall38 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,243 ft
- Project Wall32 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,048 ft
- The Arsenal30 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,057 ft
- The Wicked Cave25 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,016 ft
- Meat Wall23 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,176 ft
- The Sno-Cone Cave23 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,075 ft
- Bauhaus Wall22 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,083 ft
- The Nappy Dugout19 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,956 ft
- The Wasteland19 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,934 ft
- Kubrick's16 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,044 ft
- The Sapper Cave16 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,048 ft
- Skull Cave14 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,028 ft
- Lower Tier13 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,980 ft
- The Winchester Cave13 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,060 ft
- Canine Wall9 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,989 ft
- G38 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,017 ft
- Well-Dunn Wall8 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,996 ft
- Section M6 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,996 ft
- The Sanctuary6 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 6,988 ft
- Zone of Silence6 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,104 ft
- Hawaiian Wall5 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,020 ft
- The Crystal Cave4 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,040 ft
- Candy Caves3 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,195 ft
- Religious Wall3 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,014 ft
- The Nostril Cave3 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,053 ft
- The Wall of Life3 routes · limestone (Leadville Limestone) · 7,003 ft
Rifle Arch
- Slab Routes6 routes · faces S · claystone (Wasatch Fm (including Fort Union equivalent at base) and Ohio Creek Fm, with mudstone, shale) · 6,328 ft
- Above the Slab2 routes · faces S · claystone (Wasatch Fm (including Fort Union equivalent at base) and Ohio Creek Fm, with mudstone, shale) · 6,460 ft
- Mitten Slab2 routes · faces S · claystone (Wasatch Fm (including Fort Union equivalent at base) and Ohio Creek Fm, with mudstone, shale) · 6,389 ft
- Pothole Rock2 routes · faces S · claystone (Wasatch Fm (including Fort Union equivalent at base) and Ohio Creek Fm, with mudstone, shale) · 6,459 ft
- In Between Slab1 route · faces S · claystone (Wasatch Fm (including Fort Union equivalent at base) and Ohio Creek Fm, with mudstone, shale) · 6,460 ft
Every crag here comes from the open catalogue or a cited guidebook; see Sources & licences. Counts are the current build's.