Colorado · Rock climbing · Crawford

Veterans With Vertigo

Among the most challenging routes at SOB Gully's skier's left side.

5.12-
grade
Trad Gear
style

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Alert in the area

The National Park Service lists an alert for Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

  • No Water Available in Park

    Park alert covering Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park · NPS · Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

As of · Source: NPS · Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Veterans With Vertigo

Best months: May–June and August–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    35° / 3°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    40° / 10°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    51° / 19°

    7 wet

  4. Apr

    60° / 26°

    7 wet

  5. May

    70° / 32°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    81° / 37°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    86° / 45°

    6 wet

  8. Aug

    83° / 45°

    8 wet

  9. Sep

    76° / 37°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 26°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 16°

    6 wet

  12. Dec

    36° / 6°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cimarron, CO, 13 mi away at 6,890 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of the hardest climbs catalogued at SOB Gully's skier's left side, where routes span from 5.8 to 5.12.

  • NearbyAretes · Coxcomb Peak · Guppy Gully

Photo of the crag

SOB Gully (skier's left side) — the crag this route is on
SOB Gully (skier's left side), Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Kbh3rd, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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North Rim Routes

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison

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Peak Mountain Guides

Rock Climbing business nearby (~39 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet

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