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BETA PHOTO: The Cement Creek Caves.

Description 

Cement Creek/CB South offers numerous sport, mixed and traditional crags from 1-3 pitches on three different rock types. Many of the routes are south facing making it an ideal destination for cooler days.

Many of the crags are published in the book "Gunnison Rock" by Leo Malloy.

Climbers are slowly updating some of the ancient hardware in the area, and with an abundance of unexplored rock- there is certainly room for more development.

Cement Creek is certainly not destination climbing, but a quiet and beautiful setting with a few local classics!


Getting There 

From Crested Butte: Drive south on CO Hwy 135 for approximately 8 miles. Turn Left (East) on Cement Creek Road (FR740). Follow Cement Creek Road into the canyon. The first and most obvious crag is "The Caves Wall"- the large gray caves of Leadville limestone visible on the hillside to the left of the pullout at ~1.5 miles.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cement Creek:
Cave Slab   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Upper Caves
Anarchy Corner   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 140 feet   Anarchy Wall
Plastic Poser   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Upper Caves
CB Crack   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch, 140 feet   Anarchy Wall
Hessian Queen   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet   Upper Caves
Hessian Partier   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet   Upper Caves
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By Jamie Estep
From: Crested Butte, CO
Feb 17, 2011

Many of these can be climbed in March if there isn't water coming off the caves. Extremely sharp rock on many of these. Grades not necessarily hard, but rock is so sharp that it's painful to touch let alone put weight on.

By Joseph Anderson
May 26, 2012

Does anybody know what the route is next to Cyclops? Wasn't in the guidebook, just curious if anyone knows anything. Thanks

By Blake C
From: Estes Park and Gunnison, CO
Sep 30, 2012

Be sure to check out the caves while climbing up here.

By steph johnson
Oct 5, 2012

Hey man, the route to the right of Cyclops is named Call It Eight, 5.12b or so.