Crag Recommendations
Looking for a crag or route recommendation? This page is for you! While there are over 100 walls/crags in Clear Creek Canyon that have routes on them, sometimes it's fun to go to the classic walls first if you don't know where to start or if you're looking to switch it up to a new classic area. Each area or route is linked to the page on Mountain Project. All of these areas and routes are listed in the guidebook, Rock Climbing Clear Creek Canyon, 3rd Edition, by Kevin Capps.
Beginner Walls (5.4 to 5.9)
- Lower Tier of Tiers of Zion
- East Colfax
- Accessibility Cag
- Cat Slab
- Other Critters
- Cats Vs Dogs Wall
- The Safari
Intermediate Walls (5.8 to 5.12)
- Canal Zone
- High Wire
- Other Critters
- Cat Slab
- Wall of the 90's
- Creekside
- Fiscal Cliff
- The Graveyard
- The Doghouse
- Capitalist Crag
Advanced Walls for 5.11-5.13
- Primo Wall
- The Graveyard
- New River Wall
- Anarchy Wall
- Twitch Rock
- The Doghouse
- High Profile Wall
- Wall of the 90's
- The Crystal Tower
Classic Multi-Pitch Routes in Clear Creek Canyon
Trenchtown 5.4 (2-3 pitches): This route, located at Tiers of Zion, is a great option for people wanting to push higher into the vertical world and makes a great first multi-pitch adventure!
Yellow Dog Dingo 5.6 (4 pitches): Yellow Dog Dingo is a great, low-angle route with good holds, that gives you some of the highest views in the tunnel 5 area.
Black Gold 5.7+ (4-5 pitches): Located directly above the creek, Black Gold is a fun adventure for someone wanting to push the exposure for the day.
Playin Hooky 5.8 (4 pitches): Playin’ Hooky is an agreed upon classic for a reason! This route offers plenty of classic, featured slab climbing on bullet rock. This route is not to be missed, sign up for it today!
Furlough Day 5.9 (4 pitches): If you have already done Playin’ Hooky, then Furlough Day is a great way to bump the difficulty up for the day. This route is a two-pitch variation start to Playin Hooky, so you can still finish with the upper two top pitches of Playin’ Hooky if you would like to finish the day that way!
People’s Choice 5.10d (3 pitches): If you like steep dihedral stemming, this route is for you! Begin with some cruxy slab (that can be avoided) and finish with an ever-steepening wall in a giant dihedral with great exposure!
Gneiss Roof 5.10d (4 pitches): An uber-classic, but also a big challenge for the day with multiple cruxes, including a final headwall crux to try and pull over the final roof!
Wild Child 5.11a (4 pitches): For the more experienced sport climber, this is a great route for the list! It starts with steep and juggy roof moves and ends with a more delicate and crimpy 5.11 pitch to overcome to top out the wall.
Solid Gold 5.12a (4 pitches): A classic of the grade! Climbs the easy slab for a couple of pitches before getting to the incredible headwall pitches. Exposed and great climbing!