Vedauwoo
Location: Wyoming
Best Season: May-October
Climbing Style: Many styles of climbing on stellar Sherman granite; most noted for the abundance of wide cracks
Pronounced “Vee-duh-voo”, this area is proudly known as Joshua Tree’s little cousin—without the crowds. If you’ve heard of it, it was probably in reference to the cheese grater off-widths that have brought it fame in recent years. However, there is much more that Vedauwoo has to offer. Just a few hundred yards from Interstate 80 and less than 30 miles from Interstate 25, it is the roadtripper’s crossroad of America. The access is incredible and so is the diversity of climbing pleasure that can be found here. Forget all the horror stories you’ve heard about waking up in the hospital covered with scabs—those were probably embellished anyway. Vedauwoo’s huge rounded formations provide not only an extraordinary variety of outstanding cracks (from fingertips to chimneys) but also an assortment of hairy slab climbs, a pumpy selection of steep sport routes and a growing collection of amazing boulder problems.
