Eldorado Canyon

One of the finest and most storied climbing venues in the world, Eldorado Canyon offers heady and technical trad climbing, wild adventures just a stone throw away from Boulder.

 

With over 1,000 routes just on the two main cliffs of Redgarden Wall and the West Ridge, drawing every single one of them on a single image would unfortunately be completely illegible. This poster is an attempt at drawing the most important ones visible from the top of Upper Peanuts (most notably hidden from view are Rainbow Wall, the Bulge Wall and the north face of the Bastille), a total of 171 lines!

Route List

1: Center Route, 5.11a PG, Dalke, Dalke, 1965/Hare, Reveley, Woodruff, 1976

2: Rincon, 5.11a PG13, Kor, Turner, 1962/Erickson, Meyers, 1969

3: Reveley-Hunter, 5.10c PG13, Hunter, Reveley, 1975

4: Muscular Dystrophy, 5.11a G, Beaman, Hare, 1974

5: Chockstone, 5.10a PG, Culp, Hurley, 1966/Erickson, Walsh, 1970

6: Zip Code, 5.11a PG, Erickson, Hare, Woodruff, 1978

7: Iron Pony, 5.11d PG, Engle, Hare, 1989

8: Pony Express, 5.11c G, Dalke, Dalke, 1966/Bragg, Ferguson, Wunsch, 1974

9: Iron Horse, 5.11c PG, Hare, Michael, Michael, 1984

10: Mesca-Line, 5.7+ G, Erickson, Hofman, 1969

11: Handcracker Direct, 5.10a PG, Erickson, Wunsch, 1971

12: The Reckoning, 5.12d PG, Tarrant, Wright, 1987

13: Practice Climb 101, 5.12c PG13, Dalke, Dalke, 1966/Kepley, Lucarelli, 2009

14: Side Wall, 5.11b R, Ament, Briggs, 1966/Bragg, Erickson, Wunsch, 1974

15: The Human Factor, 5.12a R/X, Hare, Sharp, 1980

16: Sooberb, 5.10c PG, Ament, Dalke, 1965/Erickson, 1972

17: Ignominity, 5.9 PG, Behrens, Erickson, 1968

18: Long John Wall, 5.8+ PG, Ament, Dalke, Goss, 1964/Ament, Juhan, 1966

19: Break on Through, 5.10c G, Behrens, Erickson, 1968

20: Chianti, 5.8+ G, Erickson, Hofman, Meyers, 1970

21: Washington Irving, 5.6 G, Erickson, Walsh, Wright, 1969

22: The Unsaid, 5.9- PG, Grette, Meyers, 1970

23: Cruisin’ for Burgers, 5.10c PG13, Ament, Candelaria, Erickson, 1975

24: Verschneidung Dihedral, 5.7 G, Behrens, Erickson, 1968

25: High Anxiety, 5.11b R, Hare, Woodruff, 1977

26: The Initial Route, 5.9+ G, Kor, Swedlund, 1963

27: Allosaur, 5.9 PG, Gowans, Hamilton, 1974

28: Jam Con, 5.9 PG, Ament, John, 1980

29: Morning Thunder, 5.9+ PG, Ament, Griffith, 1979

30: Tiger Balm Arete, 5.11b R, Culp, Hurley, 1965/Erickson, 1971

31: Gambit, 5.8 PG, Culp, Hurley, 1965

32: French Fry, 5.12b PG13, Adams, Horan, 1987

33: Northumberland Crack, 5.9 R, Culp, Hurley, 1965

34: Sunstar, 5.9- PG, Raevsky, Walker, 1974

35: Disappearing Act, 5.11a PG, Hare, Woodruff, 1975

36: Paris Girl, 5.13a R, Griffith, 1985

37: The Grand Course, 5.10a G/5.11a PG, Ament, Kor, 1965/Behrens, Erickson, 1968

38: Green Slab Direct, 5.9+ R, Culp, Huermann, 1961

39: Grandmother’s Challenge, 5.10c PG, Ament, Kor, Moore, 1963/Behrens, Erickson, 1968

40: The Green Spur, 5.9 PG, Dornan, Jackson, 1960/Dalke, 1964

41: Rebuffat’s Arete, 5.7 PG, O’Loughlin, Turner, 1968

42: Rewritten, 5.7 PG13, Culp, Hurley, Link, 1967

43: Tower Corner Exit, 5.8 PG13

44: The Great Zot, 5.8 PG, Culp, Shepard, 1960

45: The Zot Face, 5.8 PG13, Culp, Turner, 1960

46: Parting Shot, 5.11b PG, Archer, Hare, 1988

47: Apple Strudel, 5.12a PG, Ament, Hagan, 1969/Achey, Hare, Leavitt, 1981

48: Ignition, 5.11d PG, Rolofson, 1989

49: One and a Half Hours of Power, 5.11a R, Hersey, Robinson, 1988

50: The Yellow Spur via Robbins Traverse, 5.9+ PG, Dornan, Kor, 1959/Ament, Robbins, 1964

51: The Yellow Spur via Original Finish, 5.10b PG, Dalke, 1967

52: The Mellow Spur, 5.11d PG13, Bragg, Wunsch, 1975

53: Mellow Yellow, 5.12a R, Dalke, Dalke, 1968/Michael, Sonnenfeld, 1986

54: Schizophrenia, 5.8- PG13, McAuliffe, Morrison

55: Psychosis, 5.11a PG, Kor, Lewis, 1965/Erickson, Fowler, 1979

56: Three Old Farts, Young at Heart, 5.10d PG13, Donini, Lowe, Weiss, 1977

57: Song of the Dodo, 5.12a R, Roberts, Roberts, 1998

58: Mickey Mouse Nailup, 5.9+ PG13, Dornan, Oliger, 1960/Erickson, Walsh, 1968

59: Mickey Mouse Die-Rect, 5.11d R, Candelaria, 1978

60: Mr Natural, 5.8 G

61: Super Natural, 5.12a PG13, Schlauch, Vining, 2011

62: Vertigo, 5.11b G, Dornan, Lev, 1961/Ament, Briggs, 1966

63: Without a Net, 5.11d PG13, Felix, Johnson, 2014

64: Dubious Graffiti, 5.11b PG13, Achey, Stone, 1985

65: To RP or Not To Be, 5.12a X, Andrews, Hersey, 1987

66: The Doub-Griffith, 5.11c PG13, Doub, Griffith, 1981

67: Suparete, 5.11b G, Hare, Tarrant, 1998

68: Super Slab, 5.11a PG13, Horn, Kor, 1961/Ament, Ruwitch, Smith, 1967

69: Body Tremors, 5.8 R, Culp, DeWoodi, 1969

70: Smoke and Mirrors, 5.10a PG, Fairchild, 1998

71: The Italian Arete, 5.9 PG13, Dalke, Kor, 1962

72: Art’s Spar, 5.10d PG, Erickson, Higbee, Wunsch, 1973

73: Grand Giraffe, 5.9+ R, Hurley, Kor, 1960

74: Much Slater, 5.11d R, Slater, 1994

75: Rosy II, 5.11a PG13, Spaulding, 2013

76: Rover, 5.11c PG13, Dalke, Kor, 1962/Erickson, Wunsch, 1973

77: Ruper, 5.8+ PG13, Culp, Kor, 1961

78: Exhibit A, 5.8 C2 R, Ament, Kor, 1963

79: Alice in Bucketland, 5.8+ R, Hare, Woodruff, 1976

80: Predator, 5.11d PG13, Candelaria, Finnof, 1986

81: Wild Kingdom, 5.11c PG13, Candelaria, Finnof, 1986

82: Plastic Jesus, 5.11c PG13, Briggs, Briggs, 1985

83: Rosy Crucifixion, 5.10b PG, Kor, Turner, 1962/Erickson, Wood, Wright, 1970

84: The Slimy Spoon, 5.8 PG13, Dalke, Gallet, Harris, 1962/Erickson, Hurley, Orr, 1969

85: Rosy Toit, 5.10b PG13, Smith, Wunsch, 1972

86: Le Toit Direct, 5.11d R, Dalke, Kor, 1963/Candelaria, Deane, 1977

87: Le Toit, 5.11a PG13, Culp, Kor, 1962

88: The Wisdom, 5.11d R, Ament, Kor, 1962/Bachar, 1977

89: Scary Canary, 5.12b R, Briggs, 1980/Briggs, Briggs, 1980

90: The Guardian Saint, 5.12a R, DeCaria, Pennings, Segal, 2010

91: Dangerous Acquaintances, 5.11d X, Lavender, Sharp, Sherman, 1982

92: The Serpent, 5.10b R, Dalke, Kor, 1962/Erickson, Higbee, 1974

93: Rise Above, 5.12a PG13, Atkinson, Tarrant, Tarrant, 1989

94: Temporary Like Achilles, 5.13d PG, Ament, Dalke, 1967/Moon, 1991

95: Huck Off, 5.12b PG13, Mein, Tague, 1999

96: Hands in the Clouds, 5.12a PG13, Tarrant, Tarrant, 1987

97: After the Gold Rush, 5.12b PG13, Johnson, Schlauch, 2012

98: Le Void, 5.11d PG13, Ament, Dalke, 1963/Achey, Briggs, 1981

99: Love Minus Zero, 5.11c PG13, Ament, Ruwitch, 1967/Breashears, Higbee, Ruger, 1975

100: Physical Graffiti, 5.11d PG13, Johnson, Shainman, 2015

101: Evangeline, 5.11b A0 PG, Ament, Van Loon, 1967/Lavender, Sharp, 1981

102: Wasabe, 5.12b G, Michael, Piana, Sonnenfeld, 1988

103: Psycho, 5.12d PG13, Ingalls, Kor, 1962/Wunsch, 1975

104: Fire and Ice, 5.12b R, Ament, Ruwitch, 1967/Lavender, Sharp, 1981

105: Downpressor Man, 5.12a G, Payne, Rolofson, 1986

106: Guenese, 5.11a PG, Foreman, Kor, 1962/Erickson, Stewart, Wunsch, 1972

107: Mean Lean, 5.11d R, Candelaria, 1978

108: Kloeberdanz, 5.11c PG13, Dalke, Kor, 1963/Erickson, Wunsch, 1974

109: Jules Verne, 5.11b R, Ament, Dalke, 1967/Briggs, Candelaria, 1976

110: T2, 5.11a PG, Kor, Roach, 1959/Culp, Rearick, 1962

111: Kor-Turner, 5.7+ PG13, Kor, Turner, 1961

112: Green Willow Wall, 5.11d R, Chace, Michael, 1987

113: 10 000 Leagues, 5.11c R, Donahue, McClannan, Schulte-Pelkum, 2003

114: The Naked Edge, 5.11b PG13, Horn, Kor, 1964/Erickson, Ferguson, 1971

115: Old Bad Aid Crack, 5.11a R, Shepard, 1961/Breashears, 1976

116: Neuraesthenia, 5.11c R, Len, Wilson, 1980

117: Scratch’n Sniff, 5.12a PG13, Ritchie, Rolofson, 1989

118: Touch and Go, 5.9- PG13, Ament, Spitzer, 1966

119: Bolting for Glory, 5.10a PG13, Brooks, 1988/Azoff, Rossiter, 1988

120: The Ramp, 5.7 A1, McCallister, Tryda, 1977

121: The Contest, 5.11d PG, Brooks, Ruckgaber, 1988

122: Redguard Route, 5.8+ R, Bird, Huston, Jackson, Johnson, Murley, 1956

123: Red Ant, 5.10b R, Behrens, Erickson, 1980

124: Anthill Direct, 5.9- PG13, Ament, Robbins, 1964

125: I Can’t Copeland, 5.12d PG, Copeland, 1984/Ebers, Matyjasik, 2019

126: The Blunt Buttress, 5.11a PG13, Guy, Schlauch, Vining, 2018

127: The Anthill, 5.5 R, Bird, Johnson, 1956

128: The Book of Numbers, 5.12c PG13, Dalke, Jennings, 1967/Azin, Tarrant, 1986

129: Genesis, 5.12d PG, Culp, Turner, 1962/Collins, 1979

130: Lakme, 5.13c PG, Griffith, 1987

131: Pensée Sauvage, 5.11b R, Ament, Griffith, Ringsby, 1984

132: C’est la Vie, 5.11b PG13, Ament, Wheeler, 1962/Ohlson, Williams, 1973

133: C’est la Morte, 5.9 PG, Bragg, Erickson, Ferguson, 1974

134: The Flakes, 5.8+ G, Ament, Dalke, 1961/Clark, Concklin, Erickson, Ferguson, 1970

135: Whistle Stop, 5.8+ PG, Jones, Quinn, 1958

136: Pseudo Sidetrack, Direct Finish, 5.5 R

137: Pseudo Sidetrack, 5.4 R, Davis, Shepard, 1958

138: Breezy, 5.5 PG

139: The Wind Ridge, 5.6 G, Bendixon, Kor, 1959

140: Tigger, 5.5 PG, Donald

141: Tagger, 5.10c PG, Ament, Dalke, 1962/Erickson, Walsh, 1968

142: Salvation, 5.12b R, Ament, VanLoon, 1967/Achey, 1980

143: Calypso, 5.6 PG13, Ament, Dalke, Kor, 1961

144: Reggae, 5.8 PG, Donald et al.

145: The Boulder Direct, 5.5 PG

146: West Overhang, 5.7 G

147: The Bomb, 5.4 PG, Bird, Jackson, 1956

148: Recon, 5.6 PG, McCarty/Rouillard, 1957

149: Lemmings, 5.8- PG13, Hare, Woodruff, 1979

150: Left Out, 5.8+ R, Wunsch, 1972

151: Disguise, 5.10b PG13, Ament, Briggs, 1977

152: Diffraction, 5.10a PG13, Copeland, 1983/Copeland, Fowler, 1986

153: The Metamorphosis, 5.10a R, Ament, Ryan, 1967/Erickson, Highbee, 1973

154: Jack the Ripper, 5.9+ R, Dalke, 1966/Erickson, Hartrich, 1973

155: Left Arete, 5.8 R, Ament, Pfeffer, 1980

156: West Crack, 5.3 G

157: Center Face, 5.6 R/X

158: West Dihedral, 5.4 G, Chidlaw, Kor, 1959

159: Clementine, 5.5 PG13, Chidlaw, Kor, 1959

160: The Monument, 5.12d PG13, Woodruff

161: Spoof, 5.9- PG13, Culp, Kor, 1962

162: Spoof Roof, 5.9+ R, Hunter, Roos, 1974

163: Dirty Sam, 5.8 PG13, Ament, Dean, 1963

164: Rain, 5.10d PG13, Ament, Ruwitch, 1967/Breashears, Greene, 1975

165: West Buttress, 5.9+ PG, Kor, Pfiffner, 1959/Dalke, Kor, 1965

166: Hair City, 5.9 R, Badgett, Behrens, Erickson, 1969

167: West Face, 5.11a PG, Culp, Shepard, 1961/Briggs, 1972

168: Polynesian Concepts, 5.11a X, Donald, Ferguson, 1980

169: West Arete, 5.8+ PG13, Ferguson, 1974

170: West Side, 5.7 PG

171: Blind Faith, 5.10a G, Erickson, 1972

Updates

June 21, 2022: Minor graphical update.