Vedauwoo: Nearly Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About The Area
Climbing Areas:
CENTRAL VEDAUWOO

THE ROCK FORMATIONS OF CENTRAL VEDAUWOO
**IMPORTANT. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ROUTES FOUND WITHIN CENTRAL VEDAUWOO, AS WELL AS ON THE NAUTILUS AND HOLDOUT are documented here. Everything else is considered as either ‘OUTBACK AREAS’ or as ‘OUTLYING AREAS’.
The little schematic on the right also represents Central Vedauwoo. It corresponds to the area marked ‘A’ on the orientation map shown at the bottom of the Intro Section.
On it you can also see Road # 700 to # 702 to the parking areas (shown in black / black dots). Trails to the climbing areas are shown in red.
The red line extending around the rock formations (shown in blue) is the Turtle Rock Trail (TRT) and the one in the middle is the Box Canyon Trail (BCT). Other abbreviations are: CM = Central Massif, HS = Holy Saturday, JP = Jurassic Park, GD = Glen Dome, TR = Turtle Rock, FT = Friction Tower, OE = Old Easy.
To get an idea of the scale of things, the Turtle Rock Trail is just about three miles long, end to end.

TAKE A FLIGHT OVER CENTRAL VEDAUWOO ( IF YOU WANT TO )
Would you like a ‘bird’s eye view’ of this alluring place? It’s possible – thanks to a video taken by ‘daemn42‘ while attending a reunion of the University of Wyoming Outing Club back in July of 2013. Coincidentally, members of this organization have been responsible for considerable development of Vedauwoo as a climbing area, starting with early ‘summit bids’ in the late 1940’s and 50’s. It was their foresight, abilities and continuing commitment to original route development that largely formed the basic core of climbing activity at Vedauwoo that continues to this day. We owe them a debt of gratitude for these efforts.
So watch the video to the left and see how the key formations of Central Vedauwoo (only) spatially relate to one another. Alternatively, you can simply click on the ‘timeline’ and obtain ‘still’ images with a bit of explanation shown below left. Either way the ‘organization’ of the place becomes bit more understandable. *NOTE: ‘stopping points‘ along the timeline are indicated when a specific formation and/or route is being seen. Pause here and lots more detail can be appreciated. Then move on. Thanks ‘daemn42’ for a great job. Very informative stuff!!
Three forethoughts: 1.) Buckle up your seatbelt, there’s some turbulence ahead. 2.) A huge volume of detail has been left out for the sake of clarity and brevity. You can find detail in the ‘choice boxes’ found below. 3.) You can either watch the video on a ‘full screen’ or you can leave it small and click on the timeline for pausing on ‘high value stills’ with a bit of explanation. The formations are indicated in blue and the climbs are in orange.
THE TIMELINE
0:11 flying northwards towards Box Canyon
0:27 closing in on Old Easy, showing MRC and Straight Edge
0:39 topping Old Easy looking at the major formations ringing Box Canyon, L to R Central Massif, Glen Dome, Turtle Rock and Friction Tower
0:46 passing westward along the Central Massif showing Fall Wall and the Right Coke Bottle
0:56 Center Coke Bottle with Bell Crack splitting its face
1:04 Walt’s Wall
1:14 top of the Central Massif looking down into Box Canyon and L to R Glen Dome, Turtle Rock and Friction Tower
1:18 Hassler’s Hatbox is seen atop the Central Massif (in the center of field)
1:29 again passing westward along the Central Massif with Veda-Voodoo Boulder on the left
1:43 moving eastward over Walt’s Wall … note the 2 climbers on Foolishnes
1:45 Edward’s Crack splitting Walt’s Wall from top to bottom, as well as the Left Coke Bottle (in shade) with two diagonal, paralleling cracks, left is 4th of July, right is Horn’s Mother
2:14 swooping down over the Veda-Voodoo Boulder and hanging a right (approx. southwesterly) over the main parking lot toward
Holdout
2:22 Holdout is centered on the horizon…..next one comes FAST
2:25 the Nautilus comes into view, what a cool structure, probably one of the most photographed in all of Vedauwoo
2:30 the northwest end of the Nautilus with climbers near the bottom of Lower Slot and climbers above are ascending Finally
2:45 another group of climbers at the bottom of Easy Jam and Cornelius……then comes a dizzying ’round-a-bout’
3:28 past the climbers on Cornelius and up to the Parabolic Slab (aka the Potato Chip) where a climber is tied into the top anchors of The Postman
4:01 after a northeasterly pass above the Nautilus, we get a view of the Prow of this ‘breaching submarine’ with prominent OFFWIDTHS (eg the Torpedo Tubes) as well as some challenging jam cracks (eg Bug Squad, Maxilash)
4:52 watch out for the lightning strike directly above the Friction Tower now in the far distance, and now coming in for a landing
THAT’S ALL FOLKS
Here are all the formations of Central Vedauwoo
Click on any of the ‘choices’ below to obtain details, topos, route descriptions
and other ‘beta’.
Boxes are arranged in clockwise order beginning with Fall Wall.
Fall Wall
Fall Wall is the most popular crag/area at Vedauwoo – everyone just seems magnetically attracted to the place. Fall Wall is the rightmost (eastmost) component of the South Face of the Central Massif (CM in the above topo)
read moreCoke Bottle
THE COKE BOTTLE A straight on view of the Coke Bottle – Coke Bottle ‘Center’ (Walt’s Wall to the left, Fall Wall to the right), The Coke Bottle is one of three prominent south facing formations of the Central Massif. It gets sun most of the day and it is easily...
read moreWalt’s Wall
WALT’S WALL Home of the ‘must do’ EDWARD’S CRACK. HERE’S THE MAIN FACE OF WALT’S WALL (WW) Walt’s Wall Area, and particularly its namesake climb named “Walt’s Wall”, has been climbed more than any other area in Vedauwoo. It was named for Walt...
read moreChinatown
CHINATOWN Go to the (West) Turtle Rock Trailhead, take the trail and go through the gate. Chinatown is approximately 200 yards down the trail on your right. A couple of these routes have been climbed in the past, but none have been documented for the public until now....
read moreHassler’s Hatbox
HASSLER’S HATBOX Hassler's Hatbox is an aesthetic, miniature climbing amphitheater with over a dozen unusually adventurous, choice routes ranging from a 5.6 crack inside of a crack …. to a nearly unclimbable 5.12 off width called 'LUCILLE'. You will be ‘above’ the...
read moreHoly Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY Holy Saturday is about 600 hundred yards down the Turtle Rock Trail (using the west trailhead), past the first beaver ponds (see first shot). It is one of the most aesthetic and photographed formations at Vedauwoo as it stands in...
read moreForeign Territory
FOREIGN TERRITORY Where is it? Just past the north side of Holy Saturday along the Turtle Rock Trail, a faint trail leads northeast uphill into this cool little climbing sanctuary. FOREIGN TERRITORY TOPOS The south facing wall... 1.) Who The Devil Is...
read moreJurassic Park
JURASSIC PARK (as viewed from the top of Glen Dome) About 200 yards beyond Holy Saturday along the Turtle Rock Trail, on past the trail to Foreign Territory, you will find a three-layered boulder stacked about 15′ high on the right (E). The...
read moreGlen Dome
GLEN DOME Glen Dome is a separate rounded formation that is easily seen while walking up the Box Canyon Trail as shown in the above image. While home to only two climbing routes, it is also the final destination of the old Nature Trail originally constructed by the...
read moreThe Solar Collector
SOLAR COLLECTOR Where is it? About half way around the Turtle Rock Trail, you will see Solar Collector about 100 yards to the north. The above shot is taken from the top of Glen Dome (VM = Valley Massif; SC = Solar Collector; TRT = Turtle...
read moreTurtle Rock
TURTLE ROCK While Turtle Rock is the namesake of the entire Central Vedauwoo Massif, it is actually one of several formations that make up Central Vedauwoo. It's located in the northeast quadrant and has the appearance of a large dome not unlike that of a giant turtle...
read moreLand of the Rising Moon
LAND OF THE RISING MOON How do I get here?? See another MAP. The Land of the Rising Moon is a rather elusive place. It's not so easy to find, just head towards Glen Dome, and BEFORE you get there, veer up and right. Keep going until you reach...
read moreHeartbreak Hotel
HEARTBREAK HOTEL ”Since my baby left me, I’ve found a place to dwell…” 1.) Atherolichenous Plaque (*11a start, then 9+) Begin in a challenging offwidth slot (crux) that used to be overgrown with lichen using a #4 Bro or # 2 Dude. Then move...
read moreThe Hypertension Cirque
THE HYPERTENSION CIRQUE Beautiful little Hypertension Cirque is found on the NE top of Turtle Rock. Only two routes exist here at present, and one is the highly sought after area’s namesake climb “Hypertension”, a severely overhanging, very...
read moreMaster Blaster
MASTER BLASTER MASTER BLASTER is a fairly hidden area, but most sought after for its namesake climb 'MASTER BLASTER', a severely overhanging ‘test piece’ hand and fist crack about 5.10c. It is strenuous at the grade and has ‘blasted’ more than...
read moreFriction Tower
FRICTION TOWER HOME OF THE CRYSTAL FREEWAY The Crystal Freeway makes up the entire north face of the Friction Tower in Central Vedauwoo. It’s one of the true hidden wonders of the area. It’s a gigantic upturned slab that appears smooth from a...
read moreOld Easy
OLD EASY “M R C” Amongst more than 1,000 challenging and sometimes bloodthirsty crack and sport climbs found in Greater Vedauwoo, some real classic lines are found on Old Easy, the most popular of which may be 'MRC'. ‘MRC’, the “Mountaineer’s Rock Climb”, is on the...
read moreHoldout
HOLDOUT Hey dude, where is this place?? Holdout is a superb formation literally bursting with climbing delights. The first documented ascent of this formation was on April 11th, 1954 when John Lund and Walt Sticker made it to the summit. They...
read moreThe Nautilus
THE NAUTILUS SECTORS OF THE NAUTILUS (explained below) North Side: the PROW, NE Nautilus, NCentral Nautilus, NW Nautilus. South Side: West End, SW Nautilus, SCentral Nautilus, SE Nautilus, Fri 13th. The BOAT ROCK Captain Nemo never figured on this!! What a superb...
read moreNautilus: The North Side
NAUTILUS THE NORTH SIDE ( INCLUDING "THE PROW" aka OFFWIDTH CENTRAL ) Nautilus: North East: Bug Squad, Maxilash, Captain Nemo, Nemo’s Nemesis, Auto Supply, Horticulture, Cannonball and other exceptional climbs are located here. North Central: Mainly the Cool Hand...
read moreNautilus: The South Side
THE SOUTH SIDE 1.) South West: The location of the Three Sisters Area, Ted’s Trot, Candlestick, Practice Slab, etc. 2.) South Central: Flying Buttress, Stinkzig, Handjacker and Progressive are found here. 3.) South East: You’ll find climbs like October Light,...
read moreBox Canyon Map
BOX CANYON MAP RED #1 = Take the Box Canyon Trail leading up to Glen Dome ( # 2 ) from the lower parking lot. (There is a small, but well-built bridge just past the intersection of the red and blue lines. Sorry it’s not indicated on the map.) This is an easy trail,...
read moreTHE OUTBACK AREAS
MANY SUPERB FORMATIONS SURROUND CENTRAL VEDAUWOO. There is probably more climbing and especially adventurous routes on these unique and challenging crags than there is in all of Central Vedauwoo. Some formations are large and significant such as those found in the GREATER REYNOLD’S AREA, BLAIR, and the CITADEL, while others are more compact (POLAND ‘HILL’ and the VALLEY MASSIF) and sometimes hidden such as SOUTH CORNER, THE SOLAR COLLECTOR and the more recently developed A-MAZE-ING.
If you take the time….. to explore these gems, you will find a surprisingly wide range of routes from light, recreational and moderate to very difficult and highly technical and very difficult in nature. While some climbs are quite simple and straight forward like ………. to challenging, hard off widths like those found at the VERTICAL FREEWAY, mixed lines like ………. DON’T MISS OUT ON THESE unique, uncommon and exceptional experiences.
BELOW YOU WILL FIND SOME CLICKABLE MAPS OF THESE AREAS. GO AHEAD AND EXPLORE AROUND. ODDS ARE YOU WILL FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. This is a work ‘still in progress’, so everything won’t be covered for awhile. It should be obvious that the marked/numbered red lines are USFS Roads, while the unmarked red lines are major trails. Also, you can still use the hotlink list at the left to get to where you ‘want to go’.

** SEE CLICKABLE ‘IMAGE MAPS’ BELOW.
Approaching the steep face of ‘Uncertainty Principle’ (11b/c, A-Maze-ing Crag).
Click on the boxes below to find more information about your area.
Poland Hill
POLAND HILL Poland Hill can be seen from just about everywhere in Vedauwoo. In fact its the first formation one sees when turning off Interstate I-80 and heading towards Central Vedauwoo on USFS Road #700. Its shape was most likely responsible for the name of the...
read moreThe Valley Massif
THE VALLEY MASSIF According to nearly everyone who has climbed here, it is well worth the journey, sometimes battling swarming mosquitos and slogging through swampy bogs, and many return time after time. The Valley Massif is an incredibly aesthetic formation, a silent...
read moreBlair
BLAIR OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The well-kept secrets of Blair are slowly being discovered. Blair is the ultimate Klettergarten of Greater Vedauwoo and actually has a climbing history stretching back into the mid nineteen hundreds. It is far off the beaten track and away...
read moreLower Blair
LOWER BLAIR You just can't miss Lower Blair. Driving down (basically east) Road #707 from the 'Blair Underpass', three closely situated monoliths begin appearing ahead of you. At first they seem rather unsubstantial against the background of the Sherman Mountains, but...
read moreUpper Blair
UPPER BLAIR UPPER BLAIR is literally bursting with high quality climbs - if you know where to find them. When I first started trying to make sense out of it (mid eighties), I was blown away by the unruly disorganization of the place. One look at the 'Upper Blair Topo'...
read moreThe Reynolds Complex
THE REYNOLD'S COMPLEX This very aesthetic area is really composed of Reynold’s ‘Hill’ and three other very distinct formations including Gorilla Rock, The Granite Staircase and The Vertical Freeway. A G E N E R A L O V E R V I E W ...
read moreReynold’s Left
REYNOLD’S LEFT THE TOPO 3.) Pooh Corner 10b First pitch is a perfect 5.9 hand crack to rap chains/anchors about 50 feet above. Second pitch (start of second pitch is shown in photo below) is intimidating, overhanging off width (probably 10a,b)...
read moreReynolds Right
REYNOLD’S RIGHT THE TOPO 17.) Labyrinth 9 Described in Reynolds Left. 18.) Connecticut Yankee 10c Just right of Labyrinth, this is a thought-provoking series of cracks leading to a squeeze near the top. Interesting climb and worth the effort....
read moreReynold’s Southeast
REYNOLD’S SOUTHEAST Reynold’s Southeast is a big broad expanse of (generally) user friendly granite. The routes are of moderate difficulty, long, adventurous and less often climbed than others at Reynold’s. Note the descent for most climbs is a rather sketchy...
read moreThe Vertical Freeway
THE VERTICAL FREEWAY Here’s an informative shot of the “backside”, the NE exposure of the Reynold’s Complex; VF = Vertical Freeway, R = Reynold’s proper, GC = Granite Staircase. There is a place where “ALL ROADS GO UP”. The Vertical Freeway (VF) can be seen from the...
read moreGranite Staircase
GRANITE STAIRCASE An orientation shot (above) showing the NE FACES of both GRANITE STAIRCASE (GS) and GORILLA ROCK (GR) with its two alcoves (1 and 2) in which climbs are located. Granite Staircase, part of the Reynold’s Complex, has 6 routes, one is on the southwest...
read moreGorilla Rock
GORILLA ROCK Kepley clipping a wire near top of ‘GLORIA’ See the orientation MAP, top of Granite Staircase Page. Gorilla Rock, part of the Greater Reynold’s Area, is a quiet, secluded refuge capping a densely forested hillside. Those that know about it covet the shady...
read moreWestworld
WESTWORLD Here’s a shot of Date with a Dike 10d 4 bolts – One of two climbs here right now. The other, Pollyanna Goes to Hell 11a Chimney to a partially detached flake is found about 25′ right. More details later. WESTWORLD Here's a shot of Date with a Dike 10d 4...
read moreH&I Crag
H&I Crag in the outback area of Vedauwoo consists of H’ (aka Rusty the Pig) 10c, ‘I’ (aka Animal Cracker Land) 11b, and Jay Bird 10d Hand crack(s).
read moreParade Rock
PARADE ROCK Check out the MAP on the Outback Areas section of Vedauwoo to orient to where this little rock is. Small it might be, but one of the routes (#1) is a very well-known, yet aesthetic finger buster (oxymoron-ic). There’s been many a fall taken on this one....
read moreSpelunk Spire
SPELUNK SPIRE Yes, the hardmen of old even found this place. Its an adventure to get here, let alone to climb it. There are some old iron pegs up in here if you look for them. Looks like Mickey Mouse ears up top, an easy way to identify this high formation from a long...
read moreEnd of the Road Rock
END OF THE ROAD ROCK Here’s a long shot of End Of The Road Rock taken from Road 700bb looking west. The road ends right at the rock. The trail to ‘THE OUTBACK’ starts almost where the road ends. This has turned into a very popular, yet still secluded formation. There...
read moreAmaze-ing
AMAZE-ING Upon first view, this crag seems like a ‘jumbled pile’, a MAZE of upturned flakes and blocks with little or no organization, nothing climbable, and in fact it was passed by on many occasions. It is nestled in a pristine setting, a small remote...
read moreThe Citadel Area
THE CITADEL AREA The Citadel Area is tucked away within several small, loosely interconnected valleys choked with aspen and pines near gurgling streams and beaver dams along the south fork of Middle Crow Creek. The only intruders you’ll find are occasional cattle,...
read moreCitadel Rock
CITADEL ROCK THE SOUTHWEST MAIN EXPOSURE ( * NW FACE IS FOUND BELOW) THIS IS A great place to be, sunny most of the day, with moderate to fairly hard routes. THE SOUTHWEST MAIN EXPOSURE ( * NW FACE IS FOUND BELOW) THIS IS A great place to be, sunny most of the day,...
read moreThe Short Wall
THE SHORT WALL Home of ‘The Short Wall’ and ‘The Superb Arete’ One of the most unique, daring and bold lines at its grade, ‘SPIT OFF’ (5.11c, 5 bolts, #1) was put up by Ken Driese and Larry Scritchfield in 1991. The gut-wrenching step ‘across the void’ to start the...
read morePlumb Line Rocks
PLUMBLINE The Plum Line crags are nestled in their own aesthetic setting, one of several miniature valleys that form ‘The Citadel Area’. It actually consists of four loosely connected formations. The largest is the two-tiered ‘Plumb Line’ Crag itself as shown below....
read moreMechanical Transmission Crag
MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION CRAG 1.) Worm Drive 11b Thrutch your’ way up a nasty fat crack with a ceiling and keep going – if you can!! Scarpelli and McGann ’85. 2.) First Gear 9 Have a go at a slightly less strenuous ‘wide one’. WHO DID THIS ONE FIRST?? DESCENT: A fixed...
read moreBlair
BLAIR OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The well-kept secrets of Blair are slowly being discovered. Blair is the ultimate Klettergarten of Greater Vedauwoo and actually has a climbing history stretching back into the mid nineteen hundreds. It is far off the beaten track and away...
read moreLower Blair
LOWER BLAIR You just can't miss Lower Blair. Driving down (basically east) Road #707 from the 'Blair Underpass', three closely situated monoliths begin appearing ahead of you. At first they seem rather unsubstantial against the background of the Sherman Mountains, but...
read moreUpper Blair
UPPER BLAIR UPPER BLAIR is literally bursting with high quality climbs - if you know where to find them. When I first started trying to make sense out of it (mid eighties), I was blown away by the unruly disorganization of the place. One look at the 'Upper Blair Topo'...
read more* * * * THE GREATER REYNOLD’S AREA * * * *

Historical evidence indicates that all formations besides/excluding the main
Reynold’s Formation are part of the DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND. We shall see about this soon.
OUTLYING AREAS

Luebben inverted on ‘Squat’ (12b OW at the Roof Ranch).
Several outlying crags are accessed by Happy Jack Road. These are:
- The Roof Ranch, including the Bunkhouse and Rusty Rock
- Eagle Rock
- Jetstream
NEW ROUTES
Since publication of Heel and Toe in 1994, considerable route development has taken place.
Here is a sampling of these new creations with descriptions and topos found below.
1.) Revenge of the Nothing
2.) Mr. Rockbiter
3.) Jamminy Crackup
4.) Creature Features
5.) Turnaround
1.) REVENGE OF THE NOTHING
“Revenge of the Nothing” (11b/c) was put up on the right end of the COKE BOTTLE in Central Vedauwoo in 1995. It is a fairly long, steep, one pitch bolted (12 bolts) face route that traverses right from the start of “The Neverending Story” before it ascends the rightmost water streak. The traverse is extremely delicate, requiring lots of precision footwork and sidepulls using small crystals. As the traverse transitions vertically, thin exfoliation edges are found within the scoop of the waterstreak and a sequential series of small crystals provides additional purchase. A Fixe Ring anchor set was placed onSphinx Ledge at the top of the climb.


Mark Duff negotiating the very delicate, balancy traverse on Revenge of the Nothing.
“Revenge” can be reached in two ways. First, one can step right soon after the crux of Mainstreet to a sizable corbel, above which has been placed a double anchor belay station. This is the traditional start for Neverending Story. Alternatively, the route can be accessed from above by first rappelling to Sphinx Ledge and then rappelling to the bottom belay station. One can either pull the rope for a free ascent, or the climb can be top roped from this position.
DESCENTS: 1.) A double rope rap will get you to the bottom of the route from Sphinx Ledge. 2.) A single will get you to the bottom belay station at the start of ‘Neverending Story. From here you can make another rap to the bottom. 3.) You can ascend to the top of the formation on any route and use rap stations on Fall Wall or Walt’s Wall.
*NOTE: The names of these climbs (including Neverending Story, Revenge of the Nothing, Mr. Rockbiter and the Sphinx Ledge), first used by Layne Kopischka, were derived from Michael Ende’s fantasmical novel “Neverending Story.”
2.) MR. ROCKBITER
Another new route, “Mr. Rockbiter”, was put in at the same time as “Revenge” on the COKE BOTTLE. This is a 10a bolted route that ascends from Sphinx Ledge to the top of the formation (see the topo for “Revenge”) where a two Fixe Ring rap station is placed. While relatively short, 6 bolts, it offers a sporty line to finish off any of the four bolted routes below, as well as Mainstreet, that ascends to Sphinx Ledge.
3.) JAMMINY CRACKUP
Jamminy Crackup (11c) is a mixed (trad and bolted) climb on the northeast corner of John’s Tower in Blair that will test your skill at gymnastic movement from the start. TAPE UP! The entry moves involve nearly inverting on good hand jams to obtain a heel hook with the right foot, enabling one to gain access to the main crack system by shuffling the jams upward enough to reach a good climbing position after several feet. Place a good cam or two (2.5 Friends) or a cam and a passive piece to protect these rather daunting beginning moves. Get a 1.5 or 2 Friend ready to slam into the crack above as soon as possible. Continue past a horizontal crack and protect well here because the crux section above needs to be negotiated fairly rapidly as it is very strenuous off-fingers. Proceed to jam the slightly flaring off-fingers crack section which is slightly overhanging and leans to the right. You might be able to get in a 0.5 Camalot here, but the first good pro comes at the next horizontal crack about 12 feet above. Nearing the end of the crack system about 40′ up, better edges and flakes are found and medium sized pro goes in well. A fixed stopper is found at the end of the crack near the shelf. It has been left for two reasons; first, several falls have set it well, and second, it keeps the rope from being eaten by the crack as the headwall is climbed.

The HEADWALL offers three different lines to the top, two are bolted and one protects scantily with a tcu and/or 2 or 3 small wires. Pick your grade to finish, 11a (leftmost, 2 bolts), 10b (center, 2 bolts) or 9 (rightmost). All three lines lead to the same Fixe Ring anchor set at the top of the headwall. Rappel 85 feet to the ground. Use caution if using a 50-meter rope as it barely stretches to reach the bottom.
Get to Jamminy Crackup, park near the 8 Ball in Blair. Take the trail heading SW out of the campsites amongst the large boulders and continue about 300 yards into a small valley separating the 8 Ball from John’s Tower. When an old barbed wire fence is reached, turn uphill (approx.SE) before crossing it and continue uphill on a winding faint trail. After about 200 yards, the trail begins to steepen and you will find a trail cutting up and right. Take this to the saddle between John’s Tower and the Heap to a high point where you should be looking south (across a valley) at the smooth north face of West and Middle Corner. At this point, look directly to your right (west) and you will see Jamminy Crackup.

4.) CREATURE FEATURES
Found on the south side of the Blair 1 Formation, Creature Features is three, yes three, routes in one. It was put up in ’95 and named in part for a close-by Scarpelli classic “Little Creatures”. There is a 90-foot rap from the top where there is a Fixe Ring anchor set.
1.) 5.9, takes some wide pro.
2.) 10b, two alternatives, one is thin.
3.) 11a/b, a tough pull over a bulging hand crack – tape up for sure.
5.) T U R N A R O U N D
Here’s a ‘mixed’ line that promises unique adventure and challenge for anyone climbing at the grade. Turnaround, actually put up in ’93, is all trad. It begins with a marginally protectable offwidth trough at 5.8+ for about 40 feet to a ledge. Once the ledge is attained, a large chockstone is surmounted and one “turns around” (ie faces in the opposite direction, towards the south) to find two cracks leading to the top. One on the (now right) wall is 5.8 and can be linked with the lower off width as one long line at 5.8. We are calling this Turnaround 1. To the (now) left of this is one of the finest 5.10c/d finger cracks at Vedauwoo seen in the shot at left. The super lock-offs are reminiscent of those found in Mandella on Holdout. We are calling it Turnaround 2.
Descent is via a Fixe Ring Anchor set placed on the face roughly 50 feet directly north from the top of the climb. The rap takes you straight down the wide face that you saw from the bottom of the climb. To get to the rap station is rather circuitous, but well worth it and the rap takes you to the exact base of the climb. *NOTE: 90 foot rap!! One can also downclimb the Northeast end of the formation, but its quite dicey.
Turnaround is located on the southeast face of Blair 2 in Lower Blair. Perhaps the easiest way to locate the climb is to first find “Deadman’s Glove” and proceed about 20 feet to the right around the corner. You will see the steep offwidth trough at this point, but not the cracks which are hidden from view above. If you get to the very large boulder leaning against the face of Blair 2 under which there is a cave, you have gone too far.

Check Out These New ONES!!
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- what is … AMAZING??
- OH SO ?? ….. Chinatown!!
- the VALLEY MASSIF, N. W. ANNEX
- The Vertical Freeway
- go to … SOUTH CORNER !!
- THE SOLAR COLLECTOR
- JIMI HANDTRICKS
- NEMO’S NEMESIS
- DRAGLINE’S DEMISE
- PARTYLAND
RECOMMENDED CLIMBS
CLIMB LOCATION TYPE RATING
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Etude for the right hand Nautilus SE face 5 |
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Cornelius Nautilus NW fingers 5 |
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Edward’s Crack Walt’s Wall hands 5 |
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Hideaway chimney Holy Saturday offwidth 5 |
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Moor Crossing Reynold’s SE face 6 |
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Kim Poland Hill RB hands, fingers 6 |
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Step Ladder Nautilus SE offwidth 6 |
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Stinkzig Nautilus SE varied 6+ |
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Cold Fingers Fall Wall face 7 |
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Petit Arbre Blair I, west end hands 7 |
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Zipper, 2nd pitch Valley Massif NW hands 7 |
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Social security ran out Valley Massif SE face 8 |
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Dirt* Pictures from the Prom Master Blaster face 8 |
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Strawberry Jam Crystal Freeway hands 8 |
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Vulture Nautilus E end offwidth 8 |
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Waterstreak #2 Walt’s Wall face 9 |
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Finger Grinder Reynold’s fingers 9 |
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Pooh Corner, 1st pitch Reynold’s hands 9 |
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Finally Nautilus W end offwidth 9 |
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Fall Wall, lower pitch Fall Wall face 10a |
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Mr. Rockbiter Coke Bottle Right face 10a |
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Neon Madman Fall Wall fingers 10a |
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SS Maywood North Corner, Blair hands 10a |
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Mainstreet Coke Bottle offwidth 10a |
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1st Iteration Jurassic Park face 10b |
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Beef Eater Holdout NW hands 10b |
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Flying Buttress Nautilus SW offwidth 10b |
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Currey’s Diagonal Holdout NW varied 10b |
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2nd Iteration Jurassic Park face 10c |
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Seam Variation MRC fingers 10c |
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Pen*s Dimension Reynold’s hands 10c |
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Jay’s Solo Citadel Short Wall Offwidth 10c |
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Date with a Dike Westworld face 10d |
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Ultraviolets John’s Tower SE fingers 10d |
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Lichen Lung Jurassic Park hands 10d |
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Left Torpedo Tube Nautilus E end offwidth 10d |
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Gunga Din Fall Wall face 11a |
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Mandela Holdout SE fingers 11a |
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H*ng Like a Horse Reynold’s hands 11a |
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Maxilash Nautilus NW offwidth 11a |
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Neverending Story Coke Bottle Right face 11b |
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What the French Girl Said North Corner fingers, hands 11b |
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Hesitation Blues Nautilus SE hands 11b |
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Worm Drive Citadel offwidth 11b |
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Boardwalk Coke Bottle fingers / varied 11b |
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Revenge of the Nothing Coke Bottle Right face 11c |
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Max Factor Nautilus, NW fingers 11c |
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Spectreman The Heap, Blair hands 11c |
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Right Torpedo Tube Nautilus Prow offwidth 11c |
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Eleven Cent Moon Holdout NW face 11d |
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Bug Squad Nautilus NW fingers 11d |
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Easter Island North Corner face 12a |
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Space Oddity Coke Bottle Right face 12a |
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Fing*r Fant*sy Old Easy, top fingers 12a |
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I’d Rather be in Philadelphia Reynold’s hands 12a |
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Fourth of July Coke Bottle Left varied 12a |
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New Maps of Hell Valley Massif NW face 12b |
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Hypertension Turtle Rock, top fingers 12b |
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Mr. Chimp FrictionTower hands 12b |
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Squat Roof Ranch offwidth 12b |
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Pretty Girl* with Long Knives Blair III NW varied 12b |
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New Mutant Nautilus SE fingers, hands 12c/d |
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Lucille Hassler’s Hatbox offwidth 12c/d |
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North Shore Holdout NW face 13a/b |
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Silver Salute Coke Bottle, Left face 13a/b |
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