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Christmas Crag

Routes:

- Cragging at Christmas Crag (5.5-5.10, 5 pitches)

Region: Colorado
Elev: ~9,000 ft
Rock type: Granite
Type: 
Date(s): November 5, 2023 (Sun)
Partner(s): Nate Arganbright

This page contains trip reports for routes I've climbed on Christmas Crag (just a day of cragging so far).

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Overlays for the routes I've climbed on Christmas Crag (just one day of cragging so far). Trip reports for these routes can be accessed from this page.

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Christmas Crag

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More climbing fun!
Date: November 5, 2023 (Sun)
Partner: Nate Arganbright
Climbed: Tree Crack (5.5, 1p), Precambrian (5.9, 1p, toprope), Face to left of Tree Crack (~5.10b/c, 1p, toprope), Botany Crack (5.9, 1p, toprope), Men in Granite (5.9, 1p, toprope)
A fun fall day of cragging on some underrated routes at Lumpy Ridge.
Side profile of Christmas Crag. The tree of Tree Crack (5.5) is obvious.
Looking up Tree Crack (5.5).
Looking up Tree Crack (5.5).
Tree on Tree Crack (5.5). There was some tat on the tree, but we climbed higher since the route ends with a nice wide crack.
Wide section above the tree on Tree Crack (5.5). A #4 or #4.5 cam is nice to have.
Old fixed cam on Tree Crack (5.5).
Nate following Tree Crack (5.5).
Next we toproped Precambrian (5.9), just right of Tree Crack (5.5).
After that we toproped the face just left of Tree Crack. This is not a route, but it was high-quality face climbing at the 5.10b/c level.
Looking up Men in Granite (5.9) and Botany Crack (5.9). Both are impressive steep crack systems.
Botany Crack (5.9). This route gets no stars in the guidebook, but Nate and I concluded it deserves just as many stars as any classic 5.9 pitch at Lumpy.
Men in Granite (5.9). This chimney is a good calorie-burn. Another underrated route that deserves the maximum amount of stars.
Men in Granite (5.9).
Men in Granite (5.9). About to eat me alive.
Midway up Men in Granite (5.9).
The leftmost route on the wall, Neanderthal Slide (5.9). This was the only route we did not climb on this day.
Tunning through a cool chasm at the base of Christmas Crag, between Tree Crack / Precambrian area and Botany Crack / Men in Granite area.

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