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.

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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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.

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.

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 ...

A 37-year-old man from Arizona was rescued after he fell 100 feet while climbing in Eldorado Canyon State Park on Monday, Boulder County Sheriff's Office confirmed. According to the press release ...