Shadowfax Rock Climbing

An interesting crag rising high and west above the Shadow Canyon trail near its top. The twin spires are slightly rounded on every aspect, but still quite steep, and unusually so for a Flatiron, which really, it is not. ShadowFax has vertical defenses, if not overhanging on nearly every aspect of both spires.
Perhaps this is because the rock is softer this far west and at this elevation, yet the crag lies just East Of the back of the summit of The Veil, which is considered an Eldo crag. Regardless, its lonely location and rounded features make it unique in the area.
There are routes facing nearly any direction on Shadowfax now, East, South, North, and a down-climb to the West of the Southwest spire. Seemingly none of these had seen a prior ascent. Until recently, the only nearby routes are on the 'Cubicle Crag', just downhill from Shadowfax... East, that is.
The rock on Shadowfax is not as good as some Flatirons. All routes to date required some cleaning, but most are now predominantly safe and reasonably well protected.
All cleaning was done on lead, ground up, and on-sight, though some secondary efforts in the event of multiple attempts on the second cleaning took multiple tries). As such some rock does remain that could break or be otherwise freed, and a helmet is probably a good idea for leader and belayer alike. This crag will never become popular enough to "clean up" completely or to merit such an effort. Its best feature might just be the solitude you can have up there, without another person passing within a quarter mile for months at a time.

The routes here tend to be difficult, cruxy, sequential, and well, just plain fun. If you want to get your traddie on, here is a place to try.