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Colorado / The Needles / South Face Direct
South Face Direct 5.7
★ 2.0 · 1
Trad Alpine
FA: San Juan hardmen in hobnailed boots
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±30 m
One source gives this route its own point. Nobody has cross-checked it yet.
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Where am I?
Leftmost listed 1. South Face Direct West Eolus Rightmost listed
Position along the wall from the
open catalogue (OpenBeta), not from a guidebook.
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How did 5.7 feel?
Harder than the grade About right Easier than the grade
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Against the posted grade, which stays as its source states it. One answer per device; a later one replaces it.
Sun today
In shade all day
Wall faces N (USGS elevation).
Shade from the surrounding terrain is counted.
Deep terrain: the skyline averages 23° above horizontal, so the sun has to climb well clear of the rim before it reaches this wall.
Rain & forecast
0 mm of rain in the last 48 hours.
11-11 36°/28° · 0.0 mm · 8 mph · pm storms 0% 11-12 34°/25° · 0.0 mm · 8 mph · pm storms 0% 11-13 38°/22° · 0.0 mm · 9 mph · pm storms 1%
Open-Meteo, fetched 2026-11-11 18:43 UTC
Conditions reported
Nothing reported recently.
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Wet rock
Seepage
Loose rock
Bad bolt or anchor
Fixed gear missing
Wasps or bees
Closure sign posted
Crowded
Dry and in good shape
Reports are dated and fade on their own: wet rock after 3 days, a bad bolt after a year. No names, no text.
Access & safety
Emergency: call 911. Read out your location:
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Works without signal.
If GPS fails, this crag's approximate map point is
37.62103 N, 107.62750 W (South Face Direct, The Needles). That point can be off by hundreds of metres, so say so.
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