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Routes in The Veil
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Da Kind Escape T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Kindness T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a X |
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Left at the Altar T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Left Turret T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R |
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Silver Threads T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R |
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Wanderlust T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Zabrina T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Closures - lifted
Details
Update: as of 6/7/23 per Mike McHugh, ECSP: all closures have been lifted within Eldorado Canyon State Park, including Continental Crag.
Crags on Eldorado Mountain, such as Mickey Mouse wall and Cryptic Crags, are outside of park boundaries and may still be subject to Boulder County closures.
Previously in 2023: per M. McHugh, ECSP: the upper loop of the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail, above the Crags Hotel Ruin, & the
Continental Divide Overlook, is closed effective immediately. This included Continental Crag.
These areas are closed to all activities, including rock climbing & hiking, through 7/15 or until further notice, to protect nesting golden eagles on the S side of the canyon.
Golden Eagles are protected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under authority of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A conviction of nest disturbance can carry a fine to $5,000 & one year imprisonment.
See the map in the photo section for terrain closure.
Previous years: per Dustin Bergman, CO State Parks Officer #770, ECSP:
Seasonal Raptor Closures
Check Park site for current closures:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…
For more info visit:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…
Double check prior to venturing there. Thanks!
Crags on Eldorado Mountain, such as Mickey Mouse wall and Cryptic Crags, are outside of park boundaries and may still be subject to Boulder County closures.
Previously in 2023: per M. McHugh, ECSP: the upper loop of the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail, above the Crags Hotel Ruin, & the
Continental Divide Overlook, is closed effective immediately. This included Continental Crag.
These areas are closed to all activities, including rock climbing & hiking, through 7/15 or until further notice, to protect nesting golden eagles on the S side of the canyon.
Golden Eagles are protected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under authority of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A conviction of nest disturbance can carry a fine to $5,000 & one year imprisonment.
See the map in the photo section for terrain closure.
Previous years: per Dustin Bergman, CO State Parks Officer #770, ECSP:
Seasonal Raptor Closures
Check Park site for current closures:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…
For more info visit:
cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/…
Double check prior to venturing there. Thanks!
Description
This route is most easily located by first finding bolts on the route Zambria. The guidebooks do not reveal the position nor describe the route very accurately.
Go to the right hand side of the center wall, just left of the left-side "Turret" buttress of the Veil. Find the crux bolt of Zambria, about 15' off of the ground. It is in the shade and rusted and will not be immediately apparent. From the bolt, look some distance left (~25') to see a right-facing, hanging flake about 6' tall and 30' overhead.
Pitch 1, Option A: From down and left of that flake, climb up to a horizontal incut crack and place a few good cams or tricams and then climb up and right on chunky but solid holds to a stretch to a good bucket before reaching up and left to the hanging flake. This is 5.9 at my height, and is a distance above the good gear that will make a ledge-fall possible. If you are tall this might be as easy as 5.7. Being short would make leading this exceptionally insecure. From the flake climb up the slab (runout) to a ledge, and then right on the ledge to jugs and then up the face and back left to a belay tree. There is no 'small, right facing dihedral with a small tree' as drawn/described in the book. There is a flake with no tree, although this is where it is described in Rositer's topo.
Pitch 1, Option B: From the previously mentioned horizontal, step left (5.7 move) to a crack system at the corner with a few trees. Climb up this on good holds with a few pieces of pro to get to the first ledge as previously mentioned in Option 4a. Place a few good nuts overhead in the finger crack/seam at the left side of the ledge and then walk to the right on the ledge to gain jugs, which are climbed up and left to a belay tree.
Pitch 2: From the belay tree, step up a few moves in the shallow left-facing corner behind the tree, which fades to nothing. Step left, climbing on and protecting with cams in a series of large, solid pockets. Step onto the slab above and go up the slab or dirty crack to another large belay tree. At the top, the slab is pretty lichenous
From the belay tree climb/scramble left (West) to the notch of the wall at where you can get to the cliff's backside. From there, walk off on the backside and back to your packs as described for Wanderlust.
Go to the right hand side of the center wall, just left of the left-side "Turret" buttress of the Veil. Find the crux bolt of Zambria, about 15' off of the ground. It is in the shade and rusted and will not be immediately apparent. From the bolt, look some distance left (~25') to see a right-facing, hanging flake about 6' tall and 30' overhead.
Pitch 1, Option A: From down and left of that flake, climb up to a horizontal incut crack and place a few good cams or tricams and then climb up and right on chunky but solid holds to a stretch to a good bucket before reaching up and left to the hanging flake. This is 5.9 at my height, and is a distance above the good gear that will make a ledge-fall possible. If you are tall this might be as easy as 5.7. Being short would make leading this exceptionally insecure. From the flake climb up the slab (runout) to a ledge, and then right on the ledge to jugs and then up the face and back left to a belay tree. There is no 'small, right facing dihedral with a small tree' as drawn/described in the book. There is a flake with no tree, although this is where it is described in Rositer's topo.
Pitch 1, Option B: From the previously mentioned horizontal, step left (5.7 move) to a crack system at the corner with a few trees. Climb up this on good holds with a few pieces of pro to get to the first ledge as previously mentioned in Option 4a. Place a few good nuts overhead in the finger crack/seam at the left side of the ledge and then walk to the right on the ledge to gain jugs, which are climbed up and left to a belay tree.
Pitch 2: From the belay tree, step up a few moves in the shallow left-facing corner behind the tree, which fades to nothing. Step left, climbing on and protecting with cams in a series of large, solid pockets. Step onto the slab above and go up the slab or dirty crack to another large belay tree. At the top, the slab is pretty lichenous
From the belay tree climb/scramble left (West) to the notch of the wall at where you can get to the cliff's backside. From there, walk off on the backside and back to your packs as described for Wanderlust.
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