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Buckskin Crags Climbing

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Areas in Buckskin Crags

Buddha Wall 25

Outlaw Wall 11

Slick Rock Gardens Bouldering Area 20

Sweet Spot, The 29

Territorial Wall 11

Town of Terror Bouldering Area 9

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Access Issue: Private Property Details

The Buckskin Crags is located on private property within the Royal Gorge Ranch and Resort.

PUBLIC ACCESS:
You can publicly access The Buckskin Crag’s Sweet Spot by starting out on the Made in the Shade trail (parking off of CR3A), traveling on One Track Mind, and finding your way to the Sweet Spot area (about 2.5 miles each way).

Description

The Buckskin Crags is an outdoor climbing and adventure area, located within The Royal Gorge Ranch & Resort.

This is the old location of Buckskin Joe.

43% of The Royal Gorge Ranch & Resort is being turned into an Open Space Park that is accessible to the public. A big part of that Open Space Park is known as The Buckskin Crags (named after the old site of Buckskin Joe). This area hosts several different styles of Climbing, two Via Ferratas, Mountain Biking, Highlining, Midlining and Hiking.

Open year-round to the public or 3 seasons to the Ranch & Resort, this area is perfect for finding north-facing cliffs in the heat of the summer, to the beautifully warm south-facing cliffs in the winter. Approaches are tame within the resort, ranging from 5 minutes to 30 minutes. Approaches for the public is roughly 2-2.5 miles each way in.

Getting There

The Royal Gorge Ranch & Resort community will have exclusive access to The Buckskin Crags, parking within the Ranch & Resort allowing super easy access with hikes ranging from 5 minutes to 20 minutes. This access is for Ranch and Resort members only, as it is a gated community.

*Public Access*

You can publicly access The Buckskin Crag’s Sweet Spot by starting out on the Made in the Shade trail (parking off of CR3A), traveling on One Track Mind trail, and finding your way to the Sweet Spot area (about 2.5 miles each way).

To access the Buddha Wall area, you can save time by taking the Royal Gorge Ranch and Resort trail split from One Track Mind trail, to the road within the resort. From here, head northwest on the road to a trail at the bottom of the hill. Take this trail until it splits right over a large hill. Stay on this trail to the Buddha Wall (roughly 2 miles each way).

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Classic Climbing Routes at Buckskin Crags

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 5 ● Path to Enlightenment Sport, TR Buddha Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 6 ● Lumbini Sport, TR Buddha Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 7 ● Panna (Wisdom) Sport Buddha Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 5 ● Karuna (Compassion) Sport, TR Buddha Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 8 ● Breakfast Burritos with Buddha Sport, TR Buddha Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 6 ● Anapatasati (Mindfulness of Brea… Sport Buddha Wall