My "To-Climb" List
Climbs I hope to do and climbing areas I hope to get to, from close to home to around the world. This list is by no means exhaustive and it is always growing.
Looking for partners!
In the time since I moved to Colorado in Summer 2019, I have met some awesome climbing partners and had some awesome adventures. Even so, I am always looking for partners who are athletic, motivated, fun, and live for long days in the mountains moving efficiently over large amounts of technical terrain. Please shoot me an email (sabegg@gmail.com) if you are interested!
To-Climb List by state
States are listed in order of how close they are to my home in Estes Park, Colorado. Expand dropdown lists to see specific climbs I'd like to do.
Colorado
(Rocky Mountain National Park, Black Canyon, ...)
I moved to Boulder in Summer 2019, and I am psyched to explore more of what the state has to offer. Already I have climbed several awesome routes. But for every climb I tick off my to-do list, a few more are added....
Rocky Mountain National Park:
Aiguille de Fleur, East Roofs (5.9, 4p), Original East Face (5.9+, 7p)
Arrowhead, Ithica (5.11c, 6p), South Ridge (5.10, 7p)
Astro Tower, Secret Garden (5.9+, 3p)
Cathedral Wall, Sublime Buttress (5.11c R, 7p)
Chasm View Wall, Babies R Us (5.12-, 5p), Invisible Wall (5.12a, 6p)
Chief's Head, Ten Little Indians (5.11a, 11p), Flight of the Kiwi (5.10d, 11p), Spirit Animal (5.11, 10p)
The Diamond, basically anything, I'd repeat routes over and over on The Diamond just because I love it up there. Routes I still have not done and want to do include The Obelisk (5.11b) and Hearts and Arrows (5.12)
Fairchild Mountain, Honcho Boncho Buttress (5.7, 13p)
The Foil, Poc Club (5.11+, 5p)
Hallett Peak, Storm Riders (5.10a, 6p), Hesse-Ferguson (5.9, 7p)
Longs Peak, Lower East Face, Diagonal Direct (5.11c, 7p)
Longs Peak, West Face, some route (5.5-5.11a)
McHenrys Peak, LV426 (5.11b, 9p)
Mt. Meeker, Main Vein (5.11c, 4p)
Notchtop Mountain, Spiral Route (5.4)
Palisades, Great White Tower, Cold Turkey Waltz (5.10c, 3p)
Palisades, Wisteria Tower, Autumn Sonata (5.10c, 4p)
Powell Peak, Corporate Ladder (5.11, 3p)
Ships Prow, Scots on the Rocks (5.10a, 4p), The Nose (5.9), Ship of Fools (5.11a)
Taylor Peak, The Garmar (5.10a R, 9p)
Ypsilon Mountain, To the Lighthouse (5.9, 8p)
Lumpy Ridge:
Crescent Wall, Finger Lickin' Good (5.11a, 2p), Pressure Drop (5.11a, 1p)
Twin Owls, Crack of Fear (5.10d, 3p)
Sundance Buttress, The Nose (5.10b, 7p)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (roughly in order of difficulty):
       North Rim:
Magical Mystery Tour (5.9, 6p), Guppy Amphitheater
Musical Partners (5.10, 6p), North Chasm View Wall
Cloak & Dagger (5.10+, 6p), Comic Relief Buttress
Ghost Dancer (5.10+, 7+p), The Aretes
Great White Wall (5.10+, 11p), Long Draw
Southern Arete (5.10+, 18p), The Aretes
Kachina Wings (5.11-, 6p), North Chasm View Wall
Dark Matter (5.11 (.9R),12p), Long Draw
Atlantis (5.11, 16p), Prisoner of Your Hairdo Gully
Standup Comic (5.11+, 7p), Comic Relief Buttress
Dylan Wall (5.12-, 6+p), North Chasm View Wall
 South Rim:
Alimony (5.9, 3p), Alimony Wall
Ground Control to Major Tom (5.9 (.7R), 10p), Chillumstone Gully
Gimme the Loot (5.10+, ~10p), Cedar Point Gully
Dark Star (5.10+, 13p), Cedar Point Gully
Black Snake (5.11, 8p), Dragon Point Gully
Crystal Vision (5.11-, 14p), South Chasm View Wall
El Padre (5.11, 13p), South Chasm View Wall
The Shadowlands (5.11, ~10p), Cedar Point Gully
Astrodog (5.11+, 13p), South Chasm View Wall
Tague Yer Time (5.12, 15p), South Chasm View Wall
South Platte:
Turkey Rocks & Thunder Ridge (several routes I still want to do)
Cathedral Spires (several routes I still want to do)
Staunton State ParkÂ
Big Rock Candy Mountain
The CastleÂ
Pikes Peak:
Arching Jams (5.10b/c, 5p), Pericle RockÂ
Finger Fanger (5.9+, 4p), Bigger Bagger
Three Dragons (5.10+, 4p), Corinthian Column
The Flame, The Sphinx
The Feather Route
Sunnyvale
I hear tell there are lots more routes down there too....
Mt. Evans:
The Black Wall, Cannonball Corner (5.10+, 500')
The Black Wall, Rainbow Highway (5.10c/d, 800')
Indian Peaks:
Lone Eagle Peak, North Ridge (5.7)
Colorado National Monument:
Kissing Couple, Long Dong Wall (5.11a, 5p)
several other routes
The Crestones:
Kit Carson Mountain, The Prow (5.8 R)
Pine River:
The Pope's Nose, Central Buttress (5.10 A0+, 1200')Â
Other:
Independence Pass
Greyrock
Wyoming
(Wind Rivers, Tetons, Vedauwoo, ...)
I've made a few trips into the Cirque of the Towers, Deep Lake, and Tetons, but still have some climbs I'd like to do in these areas.
Cirque of the Towers:
Mitchell, North Face Center (5.9, 1000')
Warbonnet, Feather Buttress (5.10+ R, 1000')
Wolf's Head, South Face Right (5.10a, 4p), White Buffalo (5.12, 5p)
Deep Lake:
Haystack, Major Dihedral (5.9 C1 R, 1500')
Lost Temple Spire, Separation Anxiety (5.11a, 9p), North Prow (5.11a, 9p), Southwest ArĂŞte (5.10b, 7p)
Deep Lake Traverse
Wind Rivers:
Ambush Peak (Arsenault-Bouchard)
Monolith (Discovery)
Gannett Peak
Squaretop (ACDC)
Tetons:
Cathedral Buttress (The Snaz)
Mt. Moran (South Buttress Right, Direct South Buttress)
Devil's Tower:
Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!
Laramie Range area:
lots of stuff
Sinks Canyon:
Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!
Wild Iris:
Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!
Utah
(Moab, Indian Creek, Zion, ...)
With my academic schedule and home in Washington (until 2019), I've only been able to squeeze in a couple of late-summer climbing trips to climb desert towers in Moab or a few cragging routes in Zion, but I've never climbed anything big in Zion and I have only climbed a few times in Indian Creek. But hopefully more now that I live a fair bit closer.
Moab desert towers:
Castleton Tower, North Face (5.11-, 3p)
Dark Angel, West Face (5.11, 2p)
Echo Pinnacle, Free Window Route (5.11- C0, 2p)
Lighthouse Tower, Lonely Vigil (5.10, 5p), Poseidon Adventure (5.10 R, 4p)
Owl Rock, West Crack (5.8, 1p)
Priest, Honeymoon Chimney (5.11a, 4p)
Sister Superior, Jah Man (5.10c, 5p) missed out on that one!
Standing Rock, Standing Rock (5.11, 4p)
Three Gossips, West Face (5.11, 3p)
Washer Woman, In Search of Suds (5.10+, 6p)
Indian Creek:
100's of routes....
Zion:
Namaste Wall
Moonlight Buttress, Free (5.12c, 10p, 1200')
The Spearhead, Iron Messiah (5.10b, 1000')
New Mexico
(Questa Dome, ...)
I've never climbed in New Mexico, but there's got to be some good rock climbing there and I'd like to check it out.
Questa Dome, Question of Balance (5.11- PG13, 600')
Any other great climbs in this state that I am not aware of...
South Dakota
(Needles, Rushmore area, ...)
I've climbed only a couple of times in South Dakota, but there's got to be some good rock climbing there and I'd like to check it out.
Custer State Park Needles
Rushmore area
Any other great climbs in this state that I am not aware of...
Montana
(Blodgett Canyon, Gallatin, ...)
I've only made one climbing trip to Montana (where I climbed a bunch of classics over the course of two weeks), but I just loved the Montana vibe and will be back to check out more climbing here.
Blodgett Canyon:
The Prow, Timebinder (5.11, 900')
Nez Perce Spire, SW Buttress (5.10c R, 800')
Idaho
(Elephant's Perch, Sawtooths, City of Rocks, ...)
I've only climbed a few times in Idaho, at City of Rocks and Elephant's Perch, and I'd go back to either location to climb some more.
Sawtooths:
Elephant's Perch, Splitburger-March direct (5.1b, 7p); Direct Beckey (5.11b, 12p) (again)
EP Arete (next to Elephant's Perch)Â
I've only climbed Elephant's Perch so far, but Finger of Fate and Warbonnet look fun
City of Rocks:
numerous routes I haven't done yet
Nevada
(Red Rocks, ...)
I just love Red Rocks. I've been there several times, but every time I leave with a few more climbs added to my list. There's a lifetime worth of climbing there.
Red Rocks:
      Routes <500 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
Black Magic (5.8, 500'), Lotta Balls Wall, First Creek Canyon
Lotta Balls (5.8+, 480'), Lotta Balls Wall, First Creek Canyon
The Black Pearl (5.9, 170'), Jackrabbit Buttress, Juniper Canyon
Risky Business (10c, 380'), Mescalito, Pine Creek Canyon
The Nightcrawler (again) (10c, 445'), Brownstone Wall, Juniper Canyon
Red Zinger (10d, 180'), Oak Creek Canyon
The Next Century (10d, 200'), Mescalito, Pine Creek Canyon
Breakaway (10d, 240'), Refrigerator Wall, Icebox Canyon
Fear and Loathing (10d, 400'), Gemstone Gully, Pine Creek Canyon
Bighorn Buttress (11a, 390'), Lost Creek Canyon, Willow Springs
Seppuku (11a, 450'), The Blood Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
Slick Willy (11b, 270'), Mt. Wilson
Voyager (11b, 400'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
Free Willy (11c, 220'), Mt. Wilson
      Routes >500 ft and <1000 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
Black Dagger (5.8, 680'), Brownstone Wall, Juniper Canyon
Jubilant Song (5.8, 770'), Windy Peak
Community Pillar (5.8+, 790'), Magic Mountain, Pine Creek Canyon
Rainbow Buttress (5.8+, 800'), Eagle Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
Hot Fudge Thursday (5.9, 930'), Windy Peak
Johnny Vegas (5.7, 480') + Arch Enemy (5.9, 450'), Solar Slab, Oak Creek Canyon
X15 (11a, 540'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
Jupiter 2 (11c, 510'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
Drifting (11c, 510'), Jet Stream Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
Line of Addiction (11d, 800'), Pirate Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
      Routes >1000 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
Resolution Arete (10c C1, 2500'), Mt. Wilson
Gift of the Wind Gods (10d, 1500'), Aeolian Wall, Mt. Wilson
The Warrior (11a, 1050'), Cactus Flower Tower, Oak Creek Canyon
Lone Star (11a, 2000'), Black Velvet Wall, Black Velvet Canyon
Texas Hold 'Em (11c, 1090'), Black Velvet Wall, Black Velvet Canyon
Dogma (11c, 2000'), Horseshoe Wall, Mt. Wilson
Rainbow Wall Original Route (5.12a, 1160'), Rainbow Wall, Juniper Canyon
Arizona
(Cochise, Sedona, ...)
The extent of my Arizona climbing is just a few Winter Break trips to Cochise Stronghold and Sedona. It is a great winter climbing destination and I plan to return to Cochise for sure.
Cochise Stronghold (roughly in order of difficulty):
       East Side:
The Stain (5.2 R, 2p), Across the Way - Waterfall Dome
Practically Perfect (5.4, 2p), Lost Canyon - Polychrome Dome
Right/Left Dike Route (5.8 R, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk Pinnacle
Dancing in the Dragons Jaws (5.9, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk Pinnacle
Headkeeper (5.9, 3p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
Honey on Peaches (5.10, 2p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
Echoes (5.10-, 4p), Entrance Environs - Entrance Dome
Cochise Dome Triple Direct (5.10- R, 5p), Dome Park - Cochise Dome
Knead Me (5.10- R, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
The Labyrinth (5.10, 5p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
Falconlore (5.10+, 3p), Entrance Environs - Entrance Dome
Chalkdust Torture (5.11-, 3p), Rockfellow Group - Bastion TowersÂ
Abracadaver (5.11-, 5p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
Learning to Fly (5.11, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk PinnacleÂ
The Way the World Ends (5.11, 6p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
Cap'm Pissgums (5.11, 6p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
Uncarved Block (5.11 R, 5p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
Pyrokinesis (5.11+, 1p), In the Shadows - Beginning Pinnacle
Magnus Veritas (5.11+, 4p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
Cliffhanger (5.11+, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
Be All, End All (5.11+, 5p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
Sound of One Hand Thrashing (5.11+ R, 5 p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
You're Entering a World of Pain (5.12-, 1p), East Side Crags - The Lebowski Wall
Infinite Divisibility (5.12-, 2p), Entrance Environs - Out of Towers Dome
White Line Fever (5.12, 1p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
The Maw (5.12, 3p), Rockfellow Group - Bastion TowersÂ
Jabberwock (5.12 R, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
 West Side:
The End of an Era (5.6, 4p), Headline Dome
Cruise Corner (5.7, 1p), Hideout Wall
The Sneezes of 10,000 Butterflies (5.7, 1p), Window Dome
Frankenelly (5.8R, 3p), Warpath Dome
Ranch Hands (5.9, 1p), The Sheepshead
Knuckles Great Unknown Moderate (5.9, 2p), Knuckles Dome
Dreamscape Buttress (5.9, 3p), Westworld Dome
Unknown Face and Crack (5.9R, 2p), Westworld Dome
Crystal Gardens (5.10-, 1p), Lappy McDome
Love Lettuce (5.10-, 1p), Lappy McDome
Max Headwall (5.10, 1p), Boulder Dome
Paleface (5.10, 1p), Paleface Slab
Unknown Dihedral (5.10, 2p), Garlic Dome
Warpaint (5.10+, 5p), Westworld Dome
Tombstone Crack (5.11-, 1p), The Tombstone
Cotimundi Corner (5.11-, 1p), Westworld Dome
Blood Brother (5.11-, 4p), Whale Dome
Stampede (5.11-, 7p), The Sheepshead
Hotter Than a Three Peckered Goat (5.11, 1p), Rad Rock
Call Me Ishmael (5.11, 5p), Whale Dome
Ranch Hands (5.11+, 4p), The Hand
Sheep Thrills (5.12-, 1p), Crisis Center
Old School Executioner (5.12, 1p), The Tombstone
Sedona (roughly in order of difficulty):
Nirvana (5.9, 3p), Nirvana Buttress, Boynton Canyon
Maiden Voyage (5.9, 4p), Earthship Dome
North Face / West Crack (5.9+, 3p), Oak Creek Spire
Goliath (5.9+, 4p), Mormon Canyon
Epitaph (5.10-, 3p), Flying Buttress, Moose's Butte
2 Legit 2 Quit (5.10-, 5p), Fay Buttress, Fay Canyon
Earth Angel (5.10-, 6p), Mormon Canyon
Airborne Sage (5.10, 4p), Crown Butte, Mt. GIbralter
Touched By an Angel (5.10, 5p), Earth Angel Spire, Mormon Canyon
Blast from the Past (Issac's Route) (5.10, 5p), Christianity Spire, Church Spires
Skyline (5.10d, 4p), Moose's Butte
Watch Out Grandpa (5.10+, 3p), Enchantment Wall, Boynton Canyon
Legends Never Die (5.10+, 5p), Lost Mountain, Boynton Canyon
Wild Wild West (5.11-, 5p), Teapot, Moose's Butte
Oski (5.11b/c, 4p), Bear Mountain, Dry Creek Road
Crimp on Crimp Crime (5.11, 5p), Mt. Florida, Midgley Bridge
various routes on Winslow Wall, East Clear Creek
California
(Sierra, Yosemite, Needles, Tahquitz, Joshua Tree, ...)
California has some awesome granite and I've climbed a fair bit in the High Sierra and Yosemite, but still have a lot of great routes on my list. And some routes have been so good I'd happily repeat them.
Yosemite:
El Capitan, Triple Direct (30+ pitches), Lurking Fear (19+ pitches), West Face (5.11c, 1800'), The Nose (5.9 C2, 3000') (again! and again!)
Elephant Rock, Hotline (5.12b, 7p)
Fifi Buttress, Center of the Universe (5.11-, 7p)
The Folly, The Good Book (5.10d, 5p)
Half Dome, Regular NW Face (5.9 C1, 2200') (again!), Snake Dike (5.7 R, 2000')
Lost Arrow Spire, Lost Arrow Chimney (5.10a, 1100')
Middle Cathedral, Direct North Buttress (5.10b, 1700')
North Dome, South Face (5.8, 900')
Ribbon Falls Wall, Silent Line (5.10 C1, 9p)
The Sentinel, Steck-Salathe (5.10-, 15p) (again)
Washington Column, Astroman (5.11c, 10p), South Face (5.8 C1, 11p)
Mt. Watkins, South Face (5.11- C2, 18p), Teabag Wisdom (5.11a, 9p)
Yosemite Falls Wall, Freestone (5.11c, 8p)
lots of others...a lifetime of climbing really....
Sierra:
Aiguelle Extra Needle, East Face (5.10-, 1300')Â
Mt. Chamberlin, Sword in the Stone (5.11-, 2000')Â
The Citadel, Edge of Time Arete (5.10+, 2000')Â
Dragtooth, North Buttress (5.10, 700')Â
Incredible Hulk, Sunspot Dihedral (5.11b, 1200'), Positive Vibrations (5.11a, 1200') (again)
Shuteye Ridge area (looks like my kind of place)Â
Temple Crag, Sun Ribbon ArĂŞte (5.10a, 2000'), Moon Goddess ArĂŞte (5.8, 2000'), Venusian Blind (5.7, 1500')
Whitney Portal area: Whitney Portal Buttress Ghostrider (5.10c, 800'), Bastille Buttress Beckey Route (5.10d A0, 2000')
Mt. Whitney, Hairline (5.10d C2+, 2000')
Southern CA:
Joshua Tree (only been there twice, and so many more routes to do)Â
The Needles: The Sorcerer Don Juan Wall (5.11b, 5p), Voodoo Dome White Punks on Dope (5.9- PG13, 6p), ...(only been there twice, gotta go back for more!)Â
Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks (never been there, gotta check it out)Â
Oregon
(Cascades, Smith Rock, Trout Creek...)
There's not a huge lot of rock climbing in Oregon outside of Smith Rock and Trout Creek (both areas I'd go to if I were passing by but not make a special trip for), but someday I need to get to the top of Mt. Hood.Â
Mt. Hood (North Face ideally, but any route to the top would do)
Washington
(North Cascades, Pasayten, Olympics, Rainier, ...)
Washington was my home state from 2008-2019, so I've climbed a lot there, but still have several objectives remaining on my list....
Single summits/climbs:
Amphitheater Mtn, Pilgrimage to Mecca (5.9, 500'), Middle Finger Buttress (5.10b, 500')
Bear Mtn, Direct North Buttress Direct (5.10, 2200')
Big Kangaroo, El Capitan (5.10+, 400')
Chopping Block, NE Ridge (5.5, 5p)
Colchuck Balanced Rock, Let it Burn (5.12a, 800')
Cutthroat Peak, South Buttress (5.8, 850')
Dome Peak, Indian Summer (5.10-, 1000')
Dorado Needle, SW Buttress (5.8, 900')
Dragontail Peak, Triple Couloirs (WI3 M3, 2500'), Backbone Ridge (5.9, 2000')
Early Morning Spire, SW Face (5.9, 1400')
Gunsights, Gunrunner Traverse (5.10-, 1300 ft), East Face of Middle Gunsight (5.10d, 500')
Himmelgeisterhorn, Wild Hair Crack (5.7, 4p)
Hozomeen, any route
Illusion Wall, Excalibur (5.10+, 1200')
Ingalls Peak, South Ridge (5.4, 300')
Liberty Bell, Thin Red Line (5.12c, 1300')
Nooksack Tower, Beckey-Schmidtke Route (5.4, 1000')
Prusik Peak, Der Sportsman (5.12a, 700')
Sharkfin Tower, SE Ridge (5.0, 200') or SE Face (5.10-, 150')
Sherpa Peak, North Ridge (5.8, 1400') & Balanced Rock (?)
Whine Spire, Gato Negro (5.10b, 1300')
Trips with multiple days/summits:
Austera-Klawatti-Primus-Tricouni-Dorado Needle
Arriva-Fisher-Silent Lakes
Bacon-Hagen-Blum
Buckindy Traverse
Chimney-Overcoat
Index-Baring Traverse
Maude-Seven Fingered Jack-Fernow
Ragged Ridge Traverse (Mesahchie-Katsuk-Kimtah)
Ruth-Icy
Pasayten trip (MMG Traverse, The Deacon, Pilgrimage to Mecca & Middle Finger Buttress on Amphitheater Mtn)
Pickets Traverse (again)
Canada (mostly BC)
(Chehalis, Pasayten, Squamish, Canadian Rockies, Bugaboos, Valhallas, ...)
I've done several climbing trips into southern British Columbia and been to the Bugaboos a few times, but there is just so much terrain and so many things left to climb!
Squamish (this list is sort of short at the moment because I have done a lot of the routes that were once on it!):
High Plains Drifter (5.11c, 250')
Life on Earth (Mt. Habrich) (5.10c, 5p)
lots of others...
Chehalis Range:
Bardean, Tuning Fork (5.9, 15p)
Viennese, Derektissima (5.10a, 18p)
other stuff I want to check out on Clarke and Grainger...
Pasayten/Cathedral Provincial Park:
The Deacon, Sentinel Direct (5.9, 1000')
Grimface, Notch Direct (5.10+, 700') or North Buttress (5.9, 800') or MMG Traverse (5.7 A0, 350')
Bugaboos:
Crescent Spire, McTech Arete (5.10-, 500'), Paddle Flake Direct (5.10, 500')
Pigeon Spire, Cooper-Kor (5.10+ R, 1000')
lots of others...
Canadian Rockies:
Assiniboine, North Ridge (5.4, 2000')
Mt. Indefatigable, Joy (5.6, 2000')
Mt. Louis, Gmoser Route (5.9, 15p)
Rimwall, Candle in the Wind (5.10c, 1500')
Robson, Wishbone ArĂŞte (5.8, 1500')
Valley of the Ten Peaks traverse
Yamnuska, Direttissima (5.8+ PG13, 1100')
Coast Range:
Combatant, Skywalk Buttress (5.9, 2000')
Waddington, Bravo Glacier
Other areas:
Lotus Flower Tower, SE Face (5.10+, 2000')
Leaning Towers area
Devil's Thumb, East Ridge (5.8+, 3000')
Grizzly Groove (5.7, 1000'), Purcell Mtns
Alaska
(Brooks Range, Denali, ...)
I've never climbed in Alaska, but hopefully someday I'll get the opportunity.
Brooks Range, Arrigetch Peaks (Pillar Arete, West Maiden Peak NB, Shot Tower W Ridge)
Denali (because it's there)
Foraker and Hunter (they look cool too)
International
(Dolomites, Alps, Himalaya, Patagonia, ...)
Besides for a couple of hikes in the Swiss Alps and a few days in the Italian Dolomites, I've not really climbed at all outside of North America. But there are so many cool areas I'd like to check out, when/if I have time/money...
Europe:
Matterhorn, Switzerland (Horni Ridge; failed attempt due to weather in 2005 when I was 22 years old, got to get to the summit still)
Eiger, Switzerland (just because)
Chamonix area, France
Aiguille Dibona, France
Dolomites, Italy (I've been there once but 3 climbs was just a tease, so much more to climb!)
South America:
Patagonia
Patagonia
Patagonia
Aconcagua, Argentina
Alpamayo, Peruvian Andes
South Asia:
Himalayas
New Zealand:
Mt. Aspiring
Mexico:
El Potrero ChicoÂ
Cuba:
Valle de Vinales
Spain:
Chulilla
FifTy classic climbs and Beckey's 100 Favorite climbs of north america
Also on my "to-climb" list are any climbs from Fifty Classic Climbs of North America (this list was originally published in 1979 by Steve Roper and Alan Steck; it has become sort of a life-tick-list for several climbers) and Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs (by none other than Fred Beckey). These two lists are provided below for reference. I have climbed a handful of these great routes, and have linked respective trip reports (if I have climbed via a different route, the link is given for the main formation rather than the route). Lots of great routes in my climbing future!
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
This list was originally published in 1979 in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America by Steve Roper & Alan Steck. It has become sort of a life-tick-list for several climbers.
Note: Various sources give some variation in route grades and classes.
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IV 5.8 AI3
V 5.8 AI4
V ice/cornices
VI 5.9 A2 WI3-4
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VI 5.9 A3
III 5.2
III 5.7
V 5.8 A2 or 5.10
V 5.6
IV 5.7
IV 5.6
IV 5.6
V 5.7
IV 5.6
V 5.8 A2 or 5.10
IV
II 5.2
IV
V 5.9 A2
III 5.4
V 5.9 A3
II 5.6-5.7
IV 5.7
III 5.6
IV 5.8
IV 5.7 A3
IV 5.8
II 5.5
III 5.7
III 5.7
III 5.7
V 5.7 A4 or 5.12a
III 5.7 A2 or 5.9
III 5.9
IV 5.8 A3
III 5.6 A1 or 5.9
III 5.5 A3 or 5.10 A2
V 5.9 A3
IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
VI 5.9 A3 or 5.11
VI 5.11 A3
VI 5.10 A3
III 5.4
III-IV 5.9
IV 5.8
III 5.7
II 5.9
Alaska and the Yukon
1 Mount Saint Elias, Abruzzi Ridge
2 Mount Fairweather, Carpe Ridge
3 Mount Hunter, West Ridge
4 Mount McKinley, Cassin Ridge
5 Moose’s Tooth, West Ridge
6 Mount Huntington, West Face
7 Mount Logan, Hummingbird Ridge
8 Middle Triple Peak, East Buttress
Western Canada
9 Mount Sir Donald, Northwest Arete
10 Bugaboo Spire, East Ridge
11 South Howser Tower, West Buttress
12 Mount Robson, Wishbone Arete
13 Mount Edith Cavell, North Face
14 Mount Alberta, Japanese Route
15 Mount Temple, East Ridge
16 Mount Waddington, South Face
17 Devil’s Thumb, East Ridge
18 Lotus Flower Tower
The Pacific Northwest
19 Mount Rainier, Liberty Ridge
20 Forbidden Peak, West Ridge
21 Mount Shuksan, Price Glacier
22 Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress
23 Mount Stuart, North Ridge
24 Liberty Bell Mountain, Liberty Crack
Wyoming
25 Devil’s Tower, Durrance Route
26 Grand Teton, North Ridge
27 Grand Teton, Direct Exum Ridge
28 Grand Teton, North Face
29 Mount Moran, Direct South Buttress
30 Pingora, Northeast Face
31 Wolf’s Head, East Ridge
Colorado
32 Crestone Needle, Ellingwood Ledges
33 Hallett Peak, Northcutt-Carter Route
34 Petit Grepon, South Face
35 Longs Peak, The Diamond, D1
The Southwest
36 Shiprock
37 Castleton Tower, Kor-Ingalls Route
38 The Titan
California
39 The Royal Arches
40 Lost Arrow Spire
41 Sentinel Rock, Steck-Salathe Route
42 Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress
43 Half Dome, Northwest Face
44 El Capitan, The Nose
45 El Capitan, Salathe Wall
46 Mount Whitney, East Face
47 Fairview Dome, North Face
48 Clyde Minaret, Southeast Face
49 Charlotte Dome, South Face
50 Lover’s Leap, Traveler Buttress
Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs
by Fred Beckey and Barry Blanchard, first published (hardcover) in 2012 by Patagonia, Inc.
Note: Various sources give some variation in route grades and classes.
II+
IV class 4-5
IIIÂ 5.5
II-III 5.4-5.6
III 5.9
II-III 5.8
III+ 5.5
III 5.9
III-IV class 5 & steep snow
III+
II-III class 4
V 5.9+
IV 5.9+ A1 or 5.11-
IV
III 5.10a
II-III
V
IV class 4-5
IV 5.9 A1
III
IV 5.10c
IV 5.10c
III 5.9+
IV-V 5.9 A1
IV 5.7 possible rime
IV
III+
II+ 5.4
III+ 5.6-5.7
II-III 5.5
II-III
II+ class 4
III
IV+ 5.7
IV 5.7
IV
IV 5.7+
IV 5.10b or 5.7 A2
III class 4
III 5.4
II-III 5.6+
III-IV 5.8
VI 5.8 A2/A3
V 5.10-
IV 5.10a
III 5.8
IV 5.8
III 5.7
III 5.5
IV 5.8
IV 5.10
II 5.6-5.8
IV 5.9
III 5.8
V 5.10 and A2
IV-V 5.11a-b or 5.9 A2
III-IV 5.9+
III 5.10a or 5.9 A2
II 5.4
III 5.8+
II-III 5.10a
III 5.9
III 5.8
IV 5.9+
V 5.11d or 5.7 A2
III 5.7
V 5.7 A1
IV+ 5.11 A0 or 5.10 A1
IV 5.10b A2
IV 5.8 A2 or 5.9+
III 5.7
III-IV 5.9
II class 4
II 5.6
III 5.9
IV 5.10c
IV 5.9+
III 5.7
V 5.9 A1
III+ 5.8+
V 5.9 A3
III-IV 5.9+ or 5.10c
III 5.9
II-III 5.9
IV 5.8 A2
IV-V 5.8 A2 or 5.10 A1
IV-V 5.5-5.8 A2
II-III 5.8
II 5.7 A0 or 5.10c
III 5.8+
III 5.8
IV 5.10-
IV 5.9
IV 5.10
III 5.9
III 5.9
II 5.8
III WI3
IV 5.10c
II
Pacific Northwest
1 Mt. Rainier, Kautz Glacier
2 Mt. Rainier, Ptarmigan Ridge
3 Mt. Index, North Peak
4 Mt. Stuart, West Ridge
5 Snow Creek Wall, Outer Space
6 Forbidden Peak, East Ridge
7 Mt. Goode, Northeast Buttress
8 Inspiration Peak, East Ridge
9 Mt. Fury, North Buttress
10 Mt. Baker, North Ridge
11 Mt. Shuksan, Fisher Chimneys
12 Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress
13 South Early Winter Spire, East Buttress
14 Mt. Hood, Yocum Ridge
15 Smith Rock, Zebra to Zion
16 Mt. Shasta, Hotlum Glacier
Alaska
17 Mt. Deborah
18 Mt. McKinley, Northwest Buttress
19 Mooses Tooth, Ham and Eggs Couloir
20 Mt. Seattle
British Columbia Coast Montains
21 Squamish, Squamish Buttress
22 Squamish, Angel's Crest
23 Squamish, Snake
24 Golden Klattasine, West Buttress
25 Mt. Waddington, Southeast Chimney
26 Mt. Monarch
27 Kates Needle
Canadian Rockies, Selkirks, & Bugaboos
28 Mt. Assiniboine
29 Mt. Louis, Kain Route
30 Eisenhower Tower, Dragon's Back Route
31 Mt. Lefroy
32 Mt. Victoria, Southeast Ridge
33 Mt. Athabasca, Silverhorn
34 Mt. Edith Cavell, North Face
35 Oubliette Mountain, East Buttress
36 Mt. Robson, Kain Face
37 Adamant Mountain, South Buttress
38 Ironman, Southwest Buttress
39 Mt. Sir Sandford, Northwest Ridge
40 Mt. Sir Donald, Northwest Ridge
41 Bugaboo Spire, South Ridge
42 Snowpatch Spire, Snowpatch Route
43 Snowpatch Spire, E Face, Beckey-Mather
44 South Howser, W Buttress, Beckey-Chouinard
45 Gimli Peak, South Ridge
High Rockies
46 Grand Teton, Lower Exum Ridge
47 Grand Teton, North Ridge
48 Mt. Owen, Crescent Arete
49 Mt. Moran, C.M.C. Route
50 Musembeah Peak, West Buttress
51 Fremont Peak, West Buttress
52 Pingora Peak, South Buttress
53 Warrior I, Northeast Face
54 Shark's Nose, Southwest Face
55 Cathedral Lakes Peak, Orion's Reflection
56 Elephant's Perch, The Beckey Direct
57 Little Cottonwood Canyon, The Thumb
58 Lone Peak, West Face, Triple Overhangs
59 The Flatirons, Third Flatiron
60 Eldorado Canyon, Ruper
61 Lumpy Ridge, J-Crack
62 Lumpy Ridge, Mainliner
63 Hallett Peak, Culp-Bossier Route
64 Spearhead, Sykes' Sickle
65 Longs Peak, The Diamond, D7
66 Crestone Needle, Ellingwood Arete
Sierra Nevada
67 Lone Pine Peak, South Face
68 Lone Pine Peak, Bastille Buttress
69 Whitney Portal Buttress
70 Day Needle (aka Hilda Crooks Peak), E Buttress
71 Mt. Whitney, E Buttress (aka The Peewee Route)
72 Mt. Russell, Fishhook Arete
73 Thunderbolt Peak
74 Cathedral Peak, Southeast Buttress
75 Daff Dome, West Crack
76 Fairview Dome, Lucky Streaks
77 Calaveras Dome, Sands of Time
78 Half Dome, Snake Dike
79 Washington Column, South Face
80 Charlotte Dome, South Face
81 Angel Wings, Wings Over Sequoia
82 Warlock Needle, South Face
83 Voodoo Dome, White Punks on Dope
Southwest Desert
84 Castleton Tower, North Chimney
85 Kingfisher Tower, Colorado Northeast Ridge
86 Zion Canyon, Touchstone Wall
87 Zion Canyon, Prodigal Sun
88 Granite Mountain, The Classic
89 Cochise Stronghold, What's My Line?
90 Cochise Stronghold, Moby Dick
91 Red Rocks, Frogland
92 Red Rocks, Dream of Wild Turkeys
93 Red Rocks, Crimson Chrysalis
94 Red Rocks, Black Orpheus
95 Tahquitz Rock, Whodunit
96 Tahquitz Rock, The Open Book
Appalachian Mountains & Mexico
97 Looking Glass Rock, The Nose
98 Mt. Washington, Pinnacle Gully
99 El Gran Trono Blanco, South Face, Baile del Sol
100 Pico de Orizaba, Ruta Norte