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Mad Cowboy Disease 
Manic Monday 
Road to Nowhere 
Sandstoner's Highway 
Shock and Awe 
Smoking Gun 
Wide Open Spaces 


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Sunshine Wall (River Road area) 


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Elevation: 5,000'
Lat, Long: 38.3682, -108.8154 Map
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Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac, Tom Erickson
Submitted By: John Peterson on Mar 26, 2011

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BETA PHOTO: Sunshine slabs viewed from the road. Wide Open Sp...

Description 

These are climbs along the Dolores River downstream of Bedrock.

Sunshine Slabs is an obvious, south-facing slab about 300' above the road about 5 miles (10 minutes) from Bedrock. A well-cairned trail leads up to the center of the slab. The approach time is 15 - 20 minutes.


Getting There 

River Road (Y11) goes north from Route 90 just east of Bedrock to 151 just NW of Uravan.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sunshine Wall (River Road area):
Shock and Awe   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Road to Nowhere   5.9-     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Sandstoner's Highway   5.9     Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Wide Open Spaces   5.10-     Trad, Sport, 3 pitches, 200 feet   
Mad Cowboy Disease   5.10a/b     Trad, Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Smoking Gun   5.10     Sport, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Manic Monday   5.10+ PG13     Trad, Sport, 3 pitches, 270 feet   
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John and Chad on the last pitch of Road To Nowhere. Jess on Wide Open Spaces.

Road to Nowhere 5.9-  CO : Naturita and Paradox Valley : Sunshine Wall (River Road a...
This is the leftmost route at the Sunshine Slabs.P1: Start next to Sandstoner's Highway working up and left through sometimes questionable rock to a belay about 20' right of a pine tree (100'). Some wires nuts / medium small cams can be used in addition to the 4 bolts. (5.8)P2: Climb up and right, past about 11 bolts, to the top. There is an intermediate belay available, but it is not needed. This is mostly 5.8 with a couple of harder spots.Rap 3 times on a 60m rope. You can ta...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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Dolores River Flume.

Dolores River Flume.

Wide Open Spaces Slab. <br /> <br />Routes L->R: <br />Road to Nowhere. <br />Sandstoner's Hwy. <br />Wide Open Spaces w/variation. <br />Shock and Awe, in blue. <br />Mad Cowboy Disease. <br />Smoking Gun.

BETA PHOTO: Wide Open Spaces Slab.

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By S.Mckinna
From: Durango, CO
Mar 27, 2011

There are many other areas to climb along Y-11.

By S.Mckinna
From: Durango, CO
Dec 25, 2011

Order left to right: Road to Nowhere, Sanstoners, Wide Open Spaces, and Manic Monday.

By Leo Paik
Administrator
From: Westminster, Colorado
Dec 26, 2011

Thanks, S. McKinna.