Western Sloper

Colorado’s Western Slope, where you can have a crag to yourself – or not! Climb limestone, sandstone, or granite.
Trad, sport, multi-pitch. Overhanging caves, 5.6 slabs, or splitter hand cracks.

There are super-popular venues such as New Castle’s Main Elk Crag, plus new gems like the Dipsensary in East Elk and the Burn on Clinetop Road. Over 30 crags in all – 1800+ routes – from Rifle to Glenwood Canyon, Carbondale to Marble, Basalt to Lime Park. Don’t waste hours fumbling with your phone trying to find weak knockoffs of this beta. Treat yourself to the source. Pretty darned sweet.

Areas included:
New Castle area — Rifle Arch, East Elk, Main Elk
Glenwood Canyon — Puoux, Noname Canyon, Surgery Buttress, and more
Crystal River — Thompson Creek, Narrow, Marble
Frying Pan River — F Pan, Lime Park, Hagerman Pass

452 pages, Full colour photos + photo topos
4th edition 2025