Eldorado Canyon State Park in Eldorado Springs, on Tuesday, October 3. — Pat Smalley of Louisville climbs a route on Hawk-Eagle Ridge in Eldorado Canyon State Park as his climbing group looks on.

Tradition carries a lot of weight in the rock climbing world. By that standard alone, Eldorado Canyon qualifies as one of America’s heaviest hitters. In the slang-slinging lexicon of vertical ...

The park’s steep canyon walls have lured climbers since the 1960s, and many of America’s most famous climbers have navigated the sandstone crags that boast more than 500 routes looming over ...

Climbing at what is now Eldorado Canyon State Park has been legendary for decades. There are more than 300 routes along the conglomerate sandstone, ranging from beginners to experts with single ...

Tuesday’s incident was the third climbing accident in Eldorado Canyon in a week. Last Tuesday, another climber on the Redgarden Wall fell while leading up a route and landed on his climbing partner.

Would Eldorado Canyon become a park or a rock quarry? That was a topic that was up for discussion in the early 1970s when the Fowler family, owners of the land, put 310 acres up for sale for $1.1 m… ...

BOULDER COUNTY - A 32-year-old climber sustained moderate injuries after he fell 60-feet off of a difficult climbing route in Eldorado Canyon Monday evening. Witnesses told the Boulder County ...

He's known for climbing some of the toughest routes in Boulder's Eldorado Canyon without a rope. RELATED: 'Free solo' climber conquers Yosemite's El Capitan without rope, safety gear ...

Durango’s Ben Wilbur, front right, and climbing partner John Ebers, back, celebrate after setting a new speed record on The Naked Edge climb in Eldorado Canyon on May 22. Courtesy of Jason ...

Not surprisingly, Rincon has, since the 1970s, been a hotbed for hard trad climbing, with notoriously thin free climbs protected by notoriously thin gear going up in the 5.11 to hard-5.13 range.