This is a great finger crack!  The only problem is that it's so short.  Start at the obvious finger crack in a shallow right facing dihedral behind some large fir trees.  Follow the crack until it ends(crux) then continue straight up the face.  You can top out the climb or traverse 5 ft to the right and use the shuts above the grungy looking sport line with cold shut bolts.

Captain Cod Piece

Flat Earth Society

Blood Brothers

Far Left Dihedral Crack

Life on the Run

Midday Lightning

Hebrew Hangover

Running Man

Skid Marks

Slab o' Bob

PBR Me

Glimpse of Perfection

Getting Older

Parallel Universes

Loaf and Jug

Easy Slabs

This climb starts out by working your way through a 2 ft long flared crack in the rock.  Gaston over the crack and head up and slightly right over very small crimps.  Climbing eases considerably after the 3rd bolt.  Really nice moves and well protected.  Worth doing if you are in the area.

Begin left of "Skid Marks" and a big left-facing dihedral. Delicate moves up a steep slab past 2 bolts to a left-angling crack. Follow the crack and then back right up the headwall above past 2 more bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.

Starts 50 feet left of Skids Marks. Climb up the high angle face to a bulge past two bolts to the top. Good route with a hard crux move.

Follow the right-facing dihedral with the wide crack 20 feet left of

Parallel Universe

.  Use jugs to surmount the small overhang at the start.  Move right around the corner, then mostly face climb next to the dihedral using cracks in the corner for protection.  This has not been climbed much, because there's still a fair amount of lichen.

Start right of the dihedral, finger jam to the angling crack. Leave the crack to the crux which is a short traverse to the small roof.

This is a short and easy bolted route on the far left face at River Wall.

This is the middle route of the 3 bolted routes on the leftmost face at River Wall.

Follow the obvious line right of

Life on the Run

. It angles up and right for approximately 15' then angles left to gain a great stance under the overhang, which allows you to place great pro before the crux. The crux is a layback/jam overhang roof before gaining the chain anchors.

"Skid Marks" may be the best route on the River Wall. Swing up the obvious arete on the right (east) side of the wall to 2-bolt anchor.

This is a possible trad lead utilizing horizontal cracks after stepping off the boulder to the right of the 3 far-left bolted routes at River Wall.  Gear is scarce, and the rock is dirty.  The Stewart Green guidebook says to rap off a tree up top, but it is perched behind boulders and seems less than ideal for pulling and rope drag.  I say avoid this route.

About 100 feet upstream of The River Wall, look for a long, low, west-facing cave next to the river.  This cave is only accessible when the water is low, but it offers a fantastic couple of problems.  Glimpse of Perfection begins on the far very left side of the cave (where the rock starts to become overhanging) and traverses right across and endless series of jugs to the end of the traverse, where you fire out the dead horizontal roof on crimps to a sloper jug at the lip.  Finish up the slab above to make for a complete, 60 foot "route".

Climb the flakes and make fun moves through the roof split by a finger crack.  Continue up and left to the tree or up and right the the anchors.

This is the farthest left of the bolted routes at River Wall.  It is cruxy down low, getting over a small roof.

This route is situated roughly in the middle of the wall, ascending a slab to the left side of a large roof.  Near the top is a surprise move with  gear below your feet.  Overall, this route is worth doing as a warm-up for the other fine routes at this crag, but not necessarily worth going to climb it all by itself.

This easy slab ranges from 5.5 to 5.7 depending on what line you take.

From the road, walk all the way past

Loaf and Jug

, go about 200 yards on the climber's trail, and you will wind up in the obvious belay point below the slab.

There are protection opportunities on the slab, depending on your route, but this would be best as a toprope.

To toprope, go further along the climber's trail until you can begin to move upward. Climb around and through large boulders until you reach the top of the pitch. This should not exceed about class 3 or 4 at any time. Take your time and you will find an easy way up.

At the top of the Easy Slab, you will find several trees to anchor with. Many are bomber. There are some opportunities to use gear.

You can access most of the routes on the river wall by walking across the cliff this way. The popular guidebook "Front Range Topropes" tells you to access the cliff by means of a gully with a large chockstone. The way I described is much easier to get to the top.

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Routes in River Wall