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Boulder Canyon Tour of Classics

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Hamlet73 · · Boulder, CO · Joined Aug 2007 · Points: 230

I'm curious to know what everybody thinks are the "best" that Boulder Canyon has to offer.

Say a climbing buddy came to town for a few days (or weeks) and wanted to sample some of The granite in Boulder Canyon. What climbs would you send him/her up?

Mikeco · · Highlands Ranch CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 0

Please specify difficulty range, trad or sport preference.

Hamlet73 · · Boulder, CO · Joined Aug 2007 · Points: 230

Trad mostly but I am open to have a sport list as well.

difficulty 5.2 - 5.12

Jake Wyatt · · Longmont, CO · Joined Apr 2001 · Points: 1,195

On the low end of that range:

5.6 – East Slab (The Dome)
5.7 – North Face Center and Empor (Cob Rock)
5.8 – Bitty Buttress (Bitty Buttress)

SAL · · broomdigiddy · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 790

country club crack ( castle rock )

Tony B · · Around Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 24,665

Bitty Buttress (Trad, 8+, Bitty Buttress)
West Face, West Crack & Cosmosis (Trad, 9/9+, Bell Buttress)
Where Eagles Dare (Trad, 10a, Blob Rock)
Left Wing (Trad, sandbag 10c, 3rd Elephant)
Sidekick (Sport, 10+, Tonnere Tower)
Athlete's Feat (Trad, 11-, Castle Rock)
Country Club Crack (Trad, 5.11 sandbag if hot/sunny, Castle Rock)
FM (Trad, 5.11, 3rd Elephant)
ThumbTack (Trad, 5.11+, Bihedral)
Boulder Quartz System (Sport, 12a, Polotinus)
Global Gorilla (Sport, 5.12, Animal World)

rob rebel · · Bend, OR · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 5

Definitely check out upper dream canyon as well. the setting alone is worth the hike in. There are lots of classics up there my favorites so far are:
earth voyage (12a sport)
tales of power (11b sport)

Joseph DeGaetano · · Fayetteville, WV but curren… · Joined May 2008 · Points: 560

I second Earth Voyage and Country Club Crack.

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