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Classic Climbs for Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

V4 6B 5 ● Rowdy Death Stare (aka Route 26) Boulder Marmot Rocks > Boulder D
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R 37 ● Lauren's Arete Trad N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 72 ● The Casual Route Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 25 ● The Dragon's Tooth Trad 3 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 354 ● The Maiden Voyage aka The Red Di… Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 81 ● Leisure Climb Trad 6 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R 24 ● Rosy Arete/Tourist Route Trad 14 pitches N Rim Routes > Long Draw area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 105 ● Casually Off-Route Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 34 ● Northwest Rib Trad 4 pitches Curecanti Natio… > Curecanti Needle
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 24 ● Newberry's Delight Trad 3 pitches N Rim Routes > Below Checkerboard Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 127 ● Russian Arete Trad 6 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 46 ● Blackjack Trad 6 pitches S Rim Routes
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 257 ● Escape Artist Trad 7 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 157 ● King Me Trad 3 pitches N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 47 ● Monkey and the Engineer Trad 4 pitches N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 162 ● Journey Home Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 286 ● Comic Relief Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 42 ● Movable Stoned Voyage Trad 10 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 16 ● Buzz Cut Trad 4 pitches N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A3 R 20 ● The Hallucinogen Wall Trad, Aid 16 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 19 ● Musical Partners Trad 4 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 25 ● The Odyssey Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > Guppy Gully
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 129 ● Checkerboard Wall Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R 26 ● Southern Arete Trad 17 pitches N Rim Routes > Painted Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 67 ● The Cruise Trad 12 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b X 14 ● Flakes, The Trad 14 pitches S Rim Routes
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 24 ● Ghost Dancer Arete Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 10 ● Kachina Wings Trad 6 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 7 ● Alimony Trad 3 pitches S Rim Routes
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 86 ● Cloak & Dagger Trad 6 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 38 ● A Modern Day Interpretation of M… Trad 7 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 63 ● Cloaked Interpretation Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 283 ● The Scenic Cruise Trad 13 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 39 ● Great White Wall Trad 13 pitches N Rim Routes > Long Draw area
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 173 ● A Midsummer Night's Dream Trad 6 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Black Shadow Arete Trad 8 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 19 ● Dark Star Trad 13 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 25 ● Last Payment Trad 4 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R 27 ● Crystalvision Trad 12 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 8 ● Peter Terbush Tower Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > Below Checkerboard Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 20 ● Highway 61 Revisited Trad 11 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R 5 ● The Ripe Stuff Trad 9 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 38 ● Comic 2.0 Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 45 ● Atlantis Trad 16 pitches N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 15 ● Black Snake Trad 8 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R 8 ● No Country for Old Men Trad 14 pitches N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 9 ● El Padre Trad 12 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 92 ● Lightning Bolt Crack Trad N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 38 ● Happy Ending Trad N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 5 ● Journey Through Mirkwood Trad N Rim Routes > Painted Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a R 15 ● Colorado Welcome Party Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 95 ● Astro Dog Trad 14 pitches S Rim Routes
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a X 9 ● Stand Up Comic Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 39 ● Stoned Oven Trad 13 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R 11 ● Sistine Reality Trad 11 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R 14 ● Dark Matter Trad 12 pitches N Rim Routes > Long Draw area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 22 ● Trilogy Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 6 ● The Quota Trad 6 pitches S Rim Routes
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 6 ● Lost Cities Trad 11 pitches N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 8 ● Air Voyage Trad 13 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 5 ● Dylan Wall Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 10 ● Veterans With Vertigo Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 6 ● [Redacted] Trad 10 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 5 ● Burl Girl Trad 12 pitches S Rim Routes
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a C0 9 ● Twisted Trad, Aid 8 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b R 7 ● Qualgeist Trad N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 10 ● The Free Nose Trad 14 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 40 ● Tague Yer Time Trad 15 pitches S Rim Routes
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 14 ● Blacksmiths Trad 11 pitches N Rim Routes > Aretes
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 17 ● Perfect Art Trad 5 pitches N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 11 ● Event Horizon Trad 14 pitches S Rim Routes
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R 8 ● The Apparition Trad 9 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R 7 ● Straight Out Da Projects Trad 8 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 4 ● 827 Go! (AKA Job Site Dogs) Trad 10 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b PG13 5 ● Air Jordan Trad 11 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall
5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c R 9 ● The Free Hallucinogen Wall Trad 12 pitches N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

● Rowdy Death Stare (aka Rout…

Marmot Rocks > Boulder D

V4 6B Boulder

● Lauren's Arete

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R Trad

● The Casual Route

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 8 pitches

● The Dragon's Tooth

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches

● The Maiden Voyage aka The R…

N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall

354

5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Trad 5 pitches

● Leisure Climb

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 6 pitches

● Rosy Arete/Tourist Route

N Rim Routes > Long Draw area

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R Trad 14 pitches

● Casually Off-Route

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

105

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 8 pitches

● Northwest Rib

Curecanti Natio… > Curecanti Needle

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 4 pitches

● Newberry's Delight

N Rim Routes > Below Checkerboard Wall

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 3 pitches

● Russian Arete

N Rim Routes > Aretes

127

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad 6 pitches

● Blackjack

S Rim Routes

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad 6 pitches

● Escape Artist

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

257

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 7 pitches

● King Me

N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall

157

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches

● Monkey and the Engineer

N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall

5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches

● Journey Home

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

162

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 5 pitches

● Comic Relief

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

286

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 8 pitches

● Movable Stoned Voyage

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 10 pitches

● Buzz Cut

N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches

● The Hallucinogen Wall

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A3 R Trad, Aid 16 pitches

● Musical Partners

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches

● The Odyssey

N Rim Routes > Guppy Gully

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 8 pitches

● Checkerboard Wall

N Rim Routes > Checkerboard Wall

129

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 5 pitches

● Southern Arete

N Rim Routes > Painted Wall

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R Trad 17 pitches

● The Cruise

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 12 pitches

● Flakes, The

S Rim Routes

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b X Trad 14 pitches

● Ghost Dancer Arete

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 5 pitches

● Kachina Wings

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 6 pitches

● Alimony

S Rim Routes

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 3 pitches

● Cloak & Dagger

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 6 pitches

● A Modern Day Interpretation…

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 7 pitches

● Cloaked Interpretation

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 Trad 8 pitches

● The Scenic Cruise

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

283

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad 13 pitches

● Great White Wall

N Rim Routes > Long Draw area

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad 13 pitches

● A Midsummer Night's Dream

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

173

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 6 pitches

● Black Shadow Arete

S Rim Routes

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 8 pitches

● Dark Star

S Rim Routes

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 13 pitches

● Last Payment

S Rim Routes

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad 4 pitches

● Crystalvision

S Rim Routes

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R Trad 12 pitches

● Peter Terbush Tower

N Rim Routes > Below Checkerboard Wall

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad 5 pitches

● Highway 61 Revisited

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad 11 pitches

● The Ripe Stuff

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R Trad 9 pitches

● Comic 2.0

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad 8 pitches

● Atlantis

N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 Trad 16 pitches

● Black Snake

S Rim Routes

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad 8 pitches

● No Country for Old Men

N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R Trad 14 pitches

● El Padre

S Rim Routes

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad 12 pitches

● Lightning Bolt Crack

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad

● Happy Ending

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad

● Journey Through Mirkwood

N Rim Routes > Painted Wall

5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad

● Colorado Welcome Party

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a R Trad 5 pitches

● Astro Dog

S Rim Routes

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad 14 pitches

● Stand Up Comic

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a X Trad 5 pitches

● Stoned Oven

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad 13 pitches

● Sistine Reality

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R Trad 11 pitches

● Dark Matter

N Rim Routes > Long Draw area

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R Trad 12 pitches

● Trilogy

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad 5 pitches

● The Quota

S Rim Routes

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad 6 pitches

● Lost Cities

N Rim Routes > Prisoner of Your Hair…

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad 11 pitches

● Air Voyage

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad 13 pitches

● Dylan Wall

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad 5 pitches

● Veterans With Vertigo

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad 8 pitches

● [Redacted]

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad 10 pitches

● Burl Girl

S Rim Routes

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad 12 pitches

● Twisted

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a C0 Trad, Aid 8 pitches

● Qualgeist

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b R Trad

● The Free Nose

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 14 pitches

● Tague Yer Time

S Rim Routes

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 15 pitches

● Blacksmiths

N Rim Routes > Aretes

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 11 pitches

● Perfect Art

N Rim Routes > SOB Gully (skier's le…

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 5 pitches

● Event Horizon

S Rim Routes

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 14 pitches

● The Apparition

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R Trad 9 pitches

● Straight Out Da Projects

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R Trad 8 pitches

● 827 Go! (AKA Job Site Dogs)

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b Trad 10 pitches

● Air Jordan

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b PG13 Trad 11 pitches

● The Free Hallucinogen Wall

N Rim Routes > N Chasm View Wall

5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c R Trad 12 pitches

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