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DescriptionAs my (arbitrary) name suggests, the inner portion of Penitente proper - anything after the side canyon. You know you're there when you see the Virgin Mary on the wall. Just to the right of the virgin are a couple classics - Tanks for the Hueco (a great climb for mere mortals) and Bullet the Blue Sky (great for mortals to look at). Getting There...follow the main trail... The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Penitente - Inner Canyon:
Santa Cruz 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet
How The West Was Won 5.9 Sport
Ms. Cool 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet
Concupiscent Curds 5.10b Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet
Jewel Of The Mild 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch
Apes in Estrus 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet
Children Of A Lesser Grade 5.10c Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Breakdown Dead Ahead 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet
Tanks for the Hueco 5.10d Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet
Pumping Huecos 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Brown Sugar 5.11a Sport, 1 pitch
Not My Cross To Bear 5.11a/b Sport, 1 pitch
Unrepenitente 5.11b Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet
Shear Strength 5.11 Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet
Los Hermanos de la Weenie Way 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch
Dazed and Confuzed 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
No Intent 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch
Sister of Mercy 5.12b Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet
Bullet the Blue Sky 5.12c/d Sport, 1 pitch
A Virgin No More 5.13a Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet
Featured Route For Penitente - Inner Canyon
 Classic line with the best cop-out factor in the universe. Chase the diagonaling pockets left of Bullet the Blue Sky for 20 ft, passing below the feet of the Virgin. Expect soild 5.11 climbing on shallow pockets until the line turns vertical at two-thirds height. More continuous edge and pocket climbing gains the anchor, but the difficulty still hangs in at mid to low 5.11 right to the anchor. As a cop-out, Weenie Way, is simply a br...[more] Browse More Classics in CO
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