Devil's Head is a serene climbing area on the slopes of Devil's Head Mountain in the South Platte. The crags face south, west, or east and overlook Pike's Peak with all the rest of the Rampart Range hills spread out in unbroken splendor as far as the eye can see. The rock is a fine-grain granite, featured with roofs, cracks, edges, and flakes, offering a high density of excellent, exciting face climbing. Most of the routes are bolt-protected sport climbing, although there are a scattering crack climbs. The emphasis in climbing is largely on the upper 5.11 and 5.12 range, but there are also more moderate and more difficult routes.
The first time I climbed at Devil's Head was on a nice fall weekend in October 2021, when Nate and I enjoyed a weekend of climbing and camping. On this trip we climbed one of the longer routes at Devil's Head: Revelation Route, a 5.11, 7-pitch, fully-bolted climb on Devil's Head Rock. We really liked the area and have plans to return for more weekend cragging and camping.
On this page, I give photos from climbing at Devil's Head, organized by date. I've also included my trip report for Revelation Route at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page, I keep a list of the climbs I've done at Devil's Head.
