Colorado Crags › Colorado climbing areas › Grand Junction Area
Grand Junction Area climbing, Colorado — 3,666 climbs across 8 named crags, with sport, trad, bouldering and top-rope breakdowns, a full grade spread, and a family-friendly score of 3/5 (est.). Top crags: Unaweep Canyon, Colorado National Monument, Riggs' Hill.
Routes can count in more than one style, so style counts add up to more than the total climbs. A few climbs are ungraded, so the grade bands may add up to slightly less.
3 / 5 Decent with kids. Workable with kids if you pick the wall carefully — a moderate easy-route base, not an automatic toddler pick.
Estimate from OpenBeta grade & style counts only — approach, base, and shade are not in OpenBeta. Not a safety rating: check the specific wall's approach, base, and current access before bringing a small child.
No separate climbing permit in Colorado National Monument — entry is $25/vehicle for 7 days. Chalk must blend in with the native rock, no new permanent hardware may be installed, and several areas are closed to climbing, including above tunnel portals, rock-art sites and Balanced Rock.
Climbing in the Monument — National Park Service →
Always confirm on the official site — rules change.
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Coyote Ugly, et al. | 5.10+ | Trad |
| Lithium (Evan's Offwidth) | 5.10 | Trad |
| Angel of Harlem | 5.10- | Trad |
| Untitled | 5.10 | Trad |
| This Ain't Living | 5.10 | Trad |
| Major Tom Milne | 5.9 | Trad |
| Unknown 7 | 5.9+ | Trad |
| Dairygold | 5.10 | Trad |
| Roof Crack | 5.11 | Trad |
| Stepping Stone | 5.8 | Trad |
| Me and My Monkey | 5.10+ | Trad |
| The Green Party | 5.9+ | Trad |
| Quarter of a Century | 5.11- | Trad |
| My Pet Goat | 5.10- | Trad |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Monolith Spire - Dewar Dihedral | 5.10+ | Trad |
| Pharaoh Point - Chimney Wide | 5.9 | Trad |
| Big Foot | 5.10c/d | Trad |
| Higher Mind Dynamics | 5.11 | Sport |
| Wizard I | 5.10+ | Trad |
| Friends Can't Be Trusted | 5.12a/b | Sport |
| Route 4 | 5.9+ | Trad |
| Left Dihedral aka Dihedral 1 aka First Dihedral | 5.9 | Trad |
| Wide Load aka Route 3 | 5.10a | Trad |
| It Ain't Over Til It's Loose | 5.10 | Trad |
| Unknown Tower - Northwest Face | 5.11 | Trad |
| Euro Route | 5.11 | SportTrad |
| Snake Eyes | V1 | Boulder |
| Pina Colada | V3 | Boulder |
A sample of real routes from this crag on OpenBeta — the full list is on OpenBeta.
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Junc Town Delinquent | V4 | Bouldering |
| Ulrikke | V0 | Bouldering |
| The Immortal | V3 | Bouldering |
| The Book of Sand | V0 | Bouldering |
| The Circular Ruins | V0 | Bouldering |
| Two Kings, Two Labyrinths | V2+ | Bouldering |
| Ephedra (Center) | V1 | Bouldering |
| The Lottery in Babylon | V0- | Bouldering |
| Tertius | V3 | Bouldering |
| The Return of the Native | V3 | Bouldering |
| The House of Asterion | V0 | Bouldering |
| The Garden of Forking Paths | V0+ | Bouldering |
| Ephedra (Left) | V0- | Bouldering |
| The Shape of the Sword | V0+ | Bouldering |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Roof Pendant | 5.12 | Trad |
| KYBHT! | 5.10b | SportTrad |
| Topographic Reversal | 5.10 | Trad |
| Mass Wasting | 5.10a | Sport |
| Get Crazy With the Cheese Wiz | 5.9 | SportTrad |
| Xenolith | 5.10+ | SportTrad |
| Day Old Mackerel | 5.10a/b | Sport |
| Babies Have Rabies | 5.8+ | SportTrad |
| Punctuated Equilibrium | 5.10b/c | Sport |
| Paleosol | 5.11 | Trad |
| Hooose | 5.7 | Sport |
| Ft Mac Gravy Train | 5.10a | SportTrad |
| Ultramafic | 5.11a | Sport |
| Bioturbation | 5.11- | Trad |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Muffin Man (aka Leaning Corner or Moderation) | 5.8+ | Trad |
| OW Corner | 5.10a/b | Trad |
| Left Leaner | 5.11c/d | Trad |
| Blood Pulse | 5.13- | Trad |
| Calcite Fingers | 5.12- | Trad |
| Zig-Zag | 5.11a/b | Trad |
| The Frank Zappa Appreciation Society (aka Cobra Roof) | 5.13+ | Trad |
| Zombie Woof (submitted as Big Hands Roof) | 5.10+ | Trad |
| The Curve | 5.10+ | Trad |
| My Big 3 Inch (no plaque at bottom) | 5.11a | Trad |
| Hands to OW Chimney (unknown due to no plaque) | 5.10- | Trad |
| Slightly Overhanging Wide Corner (unknown no plaque) | 5.11 | Trad |
| Short Dihedral | 5.10+ | Trad |
| Far Right Corner | 5.9 | Trad |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| All American Grinder | V5 | Bouldering |
| Joe 97 (left) | V1 | Bouldering |
| Dagger To The Heart | V4 | Bouldering |
| Pangea | V3- | Bouldering |
| The Kompressor | V6 | Bouldering |
| Donny's Nipple Dyno | V6 | Bouldering |
| Joe 97 Center | V3- | Bouldering |
| Joe 97 (right) | V1 | Bouldering |
| Sorry Joe | V1-2 | Bouldering |
| Lizard Head Direct | V1- | Bouldering |
| The Traveling Fist | V4 | Bouldering |
| Miles Morales | V4-5 | Bouldering |
| Crescent Moon | V1+ | Bouldering |
| Lizard Head | V0-1 | Bouldering |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Split Decision | 5.10a | Trad |
| Hell Ain't Half Full | 5.10+ | Trad |
| Chuck Liddel | 5.9+ | Trad |
| Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson | 5.11- | Trad |
| Peanut Butter Falcon | 5.11 | Trad |
| Kimbo Slice | 5.8+ | Trad |
| Testostikleeze | 5.10+ | Trad |
| "Thug" Rose Namajunas | 5.11 | Trad |
| Spider Start | 5.9 | Trad |
| Glass Joe | 5.8 | Trad |
| Ken Shamrock | 5.10 | Trad |
| Christos Anesti | 5.10 | Trad |
| Weili Zhang | 5.9+ | Trad |
| Conor McGregor | 5.8+ | Trad |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Shades of Green | V1+ | Bouldering |
| Conditioner is Better | V3- | Bouldering |
| There is Always Hope | V2+ | Bouldering |
| Creamsicle on a Cool Day | V4 | Bouldering |
| Merlin's Beard | V2-3 | Bouldering |
| Sandy Dungeon | V3-4 | Bouldering |
| Lame or Casual? | V1- | Bouldering |
| One Move Wonder | V1 | Bouldering |
| Slopey Traverse | V2 | Bouldering |
| Warm Up | V-easy | Bouldering |
| Overhang | V1-2 | Bouldering |
| V8 Traverse | V8+ | Bouldering |
| Bullet Hole Rock 5.10+ | 5.10+ | Top rope |
| Bullet Hole Rock 5.9 | 5.9 | Top rope |
Route-level beta for Grand Junction Area lives on Mountain Project and OpenBeta — Colorado Crags helps you pick the spot; those sites have the route descriptions, photos and comments.
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