Vedauwoo Bouldering Guidebook

Hi All - I've spent the past 2 years taking photos, gps points, and compiling info for another release of the Vedauwoo Bouldering Guidebook. This edition is titled 'Bouldering at Vedauwoo' (real original I know). I worked with the previous author Davin Bagdonas a ton to get all of needed information to have a comprehensive guide. Currently the guide is online only. There are many boulder problems that we are trying to get specifics on from people, so I don't really want to try and make a print copy until we are more confident we aren't missing some problems. On top of that, I will likely have to redo a lot of the guidebook in order to make it print friendly, then find a publisher, blah blah. It will be online only for now but not online forever. The guidebook is free, and I intend to keep it that way forever with the exception that a print copy would have to be >0$ in order to satisfy a publisher. In the next couple of months I will make it 'print friendly' and will print out a handful of copies for gyms in Laramie/the front range.

This edition has 802 problems total. There are some areas that were removed from the previous edition due to access issues, and some new areas/problems added that have been FA'd since 2005. I have never made a guidebook before; it took me about 2,200 hours total. Please say thank you to your local guidebook author since it is a huge pain in the ass.

Vedauwoo Bouldering Site:

http://vedauwoobouldering.com/

For sub area pdf files, the 'whole' guidebook', and the North/South sections see: http://vedauwoobouldering.com/guidebook

Also the site may crash if too many people visit it, just FYI. I will be monitoring it the next couple of days.

Please email me (via MP or the vedauwoo bouldering email) if you have any questions or concerns. Please donate to https://www.sewyclimbers.org/ if you like climbing at Vedauwoo. 

There are some things with the site I want to tinker with, but otherwise I am hoping to spend this summer actually climbing up there. Thanks to everyone that helped me on this journey.

This is great and just in time. I have all the old guides and this knocks it out of the park!

Thanks so much John!

Ive already used this guide a couple times this Spwringter and I gotta say, this is really solid work man. Thank you for your mega contribution to the area

Awesome work John!

You took on a huge job, especially given that Vedauwoo still has a surprisingly large number of unclimbed/undocumented boulders out there.

This is desperately needed, and I'm stoked for the day I can buy a physical copy. Do you have a tip jar so we can all buy you a beer/coffee/whatever your poison is?

I know of a few areas that are neither in the book nor on mountain project if you need some days to go explore and put up a bunch of v0-v3 crack lines. Pity I'm not in Laramie anymore, or I'd show you myself.

This is a great resource, thanks for putting this together! Bumping for visibility.

Have gotten a lot of use out of this since it came out, thanks for putting it together John!

thanks!  

Thanks John! I wish I had this when I still lived in Laradise. A great service to the community.

Hoping to use the guide soon!

Does anybody have suggestions for good areas V 0-5, shady enough for summer, and NOT crack problems?

TIA

Almost no matter what 12-3pmish is miserably hot sometimes... but Roof Ranch is pretty good for non crack problems in summer. Golden waterfall, brown eyed girl, electric mexican are all quite good. It's possible to chase shade there and some decent warm ups as well. It isn't too bad to navigate if it's your first time. I went real recently there and forgot how good it is esp. in summer. You don't run into people there even in amazing conditions. 

700E boulders are great also but get a lot of AM sun. The SE portion where Minnesota With Love is has some great problems, but I would go like after 3 pm.

Eagle Rock and The Citadel are good, lots of great non crack problems, but bake in the sun by mid day. The Nest at Eagle offers some solace mid day, and there are boulders that face north/are shady at Citadel/The Acres. But both those places I've hiked enough during the summer that I always get drained pretty quick from the lack of shade at both places. Still worth checking out though. Organic at The Acres is really great. 

I love Coyote Rocks, thinks its the best bouldering area at Vedauwoo for non crack problems, but not as great quality in V0-v5. Some great problems in your range: roast possum, la ventana (woops that is a crack problem). 

Have fun! 

Stopped by the Titus/Roof Ranch boulders- unfortunately it was noonish and already mid-80s.

In other words, a hellish inferno.

The problems looked pretty good, the rock seemed pretty rough!

Hope to try again when it's a LOT cooler.

Thanks for the suggestions