Crystal Curse

Another great headwall in Rifle guarded by some steep powerful cave climbing. Cursed with a geological nightmare of choss, spending approximately 219 hours digging through millions of years worth of about 38 cubic tons of old corral and  the shattering of a beautiful crystal by a greedy FA-ist this route has now been lifted of the curse and has become a very worthy tick in a very cool position perched on the morning side of the canyon.  Expect sustained power endurance climbing on mostly good holds followed by a very fun technical slightly past vertical headwall.

Stick clip the second bolt. There is also a belay/dog/child bolt if needed.

Locate the trail, step across the Bauhaus port-a-john runoff, walk through the Rifle jungle and onto the scree aka seashell graveyard. You can see the route from here, walk to the hand line that lets to the big ledge from where you belay and or climb from.

16 lead bolts (one is a fixed chain) plus 2 anchor bolts.