Steamboat Springs
160 routes and 23 boulder problems at 41 crags. "Steamboat 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 21 of these 41; the rest say nothing rather than guess. Sun and shade by season ranks the ones we know.
At a glance
- Crags sit between 6,795 and 12,023 ft (elevation known for 41 of 41).
- Rock, where known (29 of 41 crags): granite (13), gneiss, schist & quartzite (11), sandstone (5).
- Mapped geology under these crags (41 of 41 read off the geologic map): granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group (12), felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered (9), older glacial drift (6) and 7 more units.
- The USGS has mapped this ground since 1911; 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 13.
- Sun and shade:
- In the shade on a summer afternoon (3)
- That are shady in the morning and sunny later (10)
- That stay shady almost all day in summer (2)
- High enough to be cool in summer (14)
- In the sun on a winter afternoon (7)
- In the sun all day in winter (6)
- That catch the morning sun in spring (7)
- In the afternoon sun in autumn (12)
From the archives
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Cougar
- Main Amphitheater13 routes · faces SW · Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered · 8,449 ft
- Right Wing6 routes · faces W · Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered · 8,554 ft
- Lower Tier3 routes · faces W · Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered · 8,465 ft
Hole in the Wall Canyon
- Shield of the Titans6 routes · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 8,450 ft
- Stump Buttress5 routes · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 8,450 ft
- Strip Mall4 routes · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 8,451 ft
- The Needle3 routes · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 8,450 ft
- Wall Mart2 routes · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 8,450 ft
Rose Domes
Muddy Creek
- Kyle's Tower4 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,476 ft
- Crag 13 routes · faces W · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,281 ft
- Creekside3 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,246 ft
- Muddy Creek Boulder3 boulder problems · faces W · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,326 ft
- Bob Tower2 routes · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,370 ft
- Crag 22 routes · faces W · Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group · 9,267 ft
Wax Museum
Seedhouse Crag
- Lower Crag7 routes · faces N · unconsolidated gravel (Gravels and alluviums) · 7,578 ft
- Upper Crag4 routes · faces N · unconsolidated gravel (Gravels and alluviums) · 7,578 ft
- Front Porch-Bouldering2 boulder problems · faces S · Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered · 7,895 ft
Sarvis Creek Domes
Butcher Knife
Mt. Zirkel Wilderness
- Mica Basin5 routes · Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite · 12,023 ft
- Gilpin Lake Amphitheatre2 routes · unconsolidated drift (Glacial drift) · 7,658 ft
- Peak 11,7771 route · unconsolidated drift (Older glacial drift) · 7,847 ft
- Perry-Mansfield Peak (10,790)1 route · faces W · Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered · 10,705 ft
Fish Creek Falls
Birthday Boulder
Box Canyon
Seedhouse Camp Boulder
Rocky Peak
Stagecoach Dam Area
Mad Creek
Outside the Box
Rabbit Ears Peak
Slater Creek Problems
Wall, The
Divide Boulders
Elk River Boulders
Harrison Creek
Upper Fish Creek Falls
Every crag here comes from the open catalogue or a cited guidebook; see Sources & licences. Counts are the current build's.