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Grey Slabs (aka Sugar Slabs) Rock Climbing

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Routes in Grey Slabs (aka Sugar Slabs)

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	Via Cassia S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
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	Free Range Chicken S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Smear Tactics S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sugar Pop S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Thread, The S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a

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Elevation:	6,364 ft	1,940 m
GPS:	39.56425, -107.30099 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

The Grey Slabs is a fun little crag above I-70. It offers some of the canyon's best sub-5.10 routes. All day sun makes it perfect for those warm winter days.

Getting There

Park at the Puoux pull-off. Follow the well-trodden path up from the parking lot at the large electrical pole to the old aqueduct grade, marked by yellow Cave Conservancy signs. Turn right (east) and follow the aqueduct/trail until you cross under it and pop up on the slope. From here follow the rough cairned path up and right until you reach the cliff just left of Pinhead. You'll pass by the section of the cliff with New Arrival; approached from the main cliff.

Routes Left to Right

As per the guidebook there are 8 routes at the Gray Slab and one other route, New Arrival 5.8, somewhere in the vicinity. Here they are from left to right. Keep in mind the approach trail meets the cliff between The Thread and Pinhead.

Free Range Chicken 10d, The Wave 12a, The Giving Tree 11b, Sugar Pop 10d, Smear Tactics 10d, The Thread 9+, Pinhead 7, and Via Cassia 6.

All routes equipped with either bolts, pins or a combination of the two. This place bakes in the sun, good in cool weather, but you might melt up there in the summer.

The alcove below The Wave has an impressive amount scat, my guess is either bighorn or elk, a good warm spot in the winter.