- Limestone should be fine if dry
SHELF ROAD · LIMESTONE
The Gallery (Shelf Road) weather & climbing conditions
Good — dry and climbable
Right now
Assessment
7-day forecast
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- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Breezy — helps drying
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
- Limestone should be fine if dry
About The Gallery (Shelf Road)
The Gallery is Shelf Road's other flagship — a group of south-facing Ordovician Fremont Limestone walls just west of Sand Gulch Campground, containing three named sub-walls: The Far Side, The Menses Prow, and The Mural Wall. Same 500-million-year-old Ordovician limestone as Cactus Cliff — hard, well-varnished, quick-drying in the arid Cañon City climate. Same weather cell as Cactus Cliff (~500m north). Approach from Sand Gulch Campground; camping fee via recreation.gov, day-use free. BLM Royal Gorge Field Office land. Winter destination — same seasonal window as the rest of Shelf Road (October through April). For per-route beta, climbers reference Bob D'Antonio's *Rock Climbing Shelf Road* (Falcon Guide).
- Region
- Shelf Road
- Rock type
- Limestone
- Aspect
- south-facing
- Altitude
- 6759 ft
- Exposure
- high
- Seepage
- very-low