Routes:

- Questions and Answers (5.10+, 3-4p)
- Other climbs

Unaweep Canyon is one of western Colorado's most spectacular but least known natural wonders. The broad U-shaped canyon, its sides walled by towering cliffs, is a geologic anomaly. The east-west trending canyo is supposedly the only canyon in the world drained by two creeks that flow in opposite directions fro a central divide ("Unaweep" is Ute for "Canyon with Two Mouths"). Some of Colorado's oldest exposed rocks are found in Unaweep Canon—the canyon's granite and gneiss date between 1.4 to 1.7 billions years ago.

There is a lot of rock to climb in Unaweep. The potential for new routes seems limitless and many of the the existing routes feel like first ascents due to low traffic and the large absence of fixed gear. The climbing is on the adventurous side and approaches can be a bit 'shwacky. Most of the canyon routes are trad and follow crack systems, from single pitch to several pitches in length. There are over 30 established cliffs in the canyon but many are on private property. Care must be taken not to offend the residents and locals of Unaweep Canyon as much of the climbing access lies at their mercy. There are a few popular crags located on Access Fund property.

The first time I climbed in Unaweep Canyon Valley area was a single chossy adventure day in June 2022, when I joined a guy putting up first ascents (we put up three new single-pitch routes, none of them all that good, but looking at the rock on the other side of the canyon I saw potential for some great climbing). I returned a year later in May 2023 with Nate on my birthday weekend to climb some more established routes, including the phenomenal Questions and Answers (5.10+, 3-4p).

On this page, I give photos from climbing in Unaweep Canyon, organized by date. I've also included my trip report for Questions and Answers. At the bottom of the page, I keep a list of the climbs I've done in Unaweep.