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Auburn Court 
Auburn Lane 
Black Face 
Brand New Cadillac 
Deviant 
Easy Street 
Emission Control 
Escalade 
Ghetto Cruiser 
Gonzo 
Heartbreaker [aka Never Cry Wolf] 
Highway of Diamonds 
Ichiban Arete 
Land of Ra 
Let it Vee 
Midnight Trundler 
Moonlight Drive 
Shallow Dihedral 
Stargate 
Untitled, The 
V3 
You're Ugly and Your Mother Dresses You Funny 

Cadillac Crag

Submitted By: Ben Mottinger on Jan 1, 2001
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
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Description 

Four distinct fins NW of Rincon create some good arete and dihedral climbing. Many varied routes exist here--face climbs, bolted routes, hand and finger cracks--all of great quality. A little longer hike than most Eldo crags, but it's a great path and spectacular view.


Getting There 

Park at the end of the canyon in the little lot on the right. Walk on the road for 0.1mi to the Eldo Trail. Take this to the Rincon Cutoff Trail, then when the Rincon trail heads across the talus, keep heading up the ridge towards the fins. Now scramble up some talus to the base.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Cadillac Crag:
Ghetto Cruiser   5.7     Trad, 1 pitch   
You're Ugly and Your Mother Dresses You Funny   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches   
V3   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch   
Highway of Diamonds   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches   
Gonzo   5.8     Trad   
Deviant   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch   
Moonlight Drive   5.10b PG13     Trad, 2 pitches   
Land of Ra   5.11a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 180 feet   
Heartbreaker [aka Never Cry Wolf]   5.11b     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch   
Stargate   5.11b     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
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Featured Route For Cadillac Crag
Myke Komarnitsky, halfway up this long but interesting pitch.

V3 5.8  CO : Eldorado Canyon SP : Cadillac Crag
A fun and long (~140 feet) pitch, great for a trad leader trying to get comfortable moving above gear. This climb ascends the dihedral between fin 3 and 4. Scramble up to the top of the large block, and then continue up the clean V dihedral. About halfway up a 5.9 finger crack moves left out onto the face for 20 feet before returning to the route. Also, at about the beginning of this variation lies a large loose block on this left face - be c...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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By camerones
Sep 30, 2005

Cadillac is not all "great quality" rock. There are some exfoliating/rotten areas that need to be climbed delicately with concern for the belayer below. Also, be warned of the great quantities of loose rock/[rubble] on the walk-offs. . . . That said, this crag has some mighty fine routes.