I had the week free and a couple of friends in the Creek, so I decided to join them for a few days. The 8-9 hour drive from Estes Park to the Creek seemed well worth three days of climbing splitters. [Funny story: I had left my home in Estes Park on what I planned to just be three days in the Creek before returning home. It ended up being a six week climbing road trip involving sandstone splitters in Indian Creek (this page), the uber-classicÂ
Moonlight Buttress in Zion;Â the steep limestone of
Lime Kiln Canyon; the renowned overhanging limestone at
Clear Light Cave; big routes in Red Rocks likeÂ
Rainbow Wall andÂ
Resolution Arete and
Texas Hold'Em as well asÂ
several days of sport climbing in Calico Hills and Calico Basin; and then passed back through Zion to wade/hike
The Narrows and climb
Shune's Buttress. ]