Best Colorado Crack Bouldering Problems
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I'm looking for the best crack bouldering in Colorado. I love crack climbing, but unfortunately I don't know how to trad climb so I'm stuck with bouldering. Anybody know of any sick crack bouldering in Colorado or eastern Utah? |
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I know that there's a ton in Wyoming, at Vedauwoo. In the Moab area, which is eastern Utah, there's the Crack House area, and a few more besides. |
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Sick, I'm going to be in all three of those places over the summer. I'm going to also keep an eye out for cracks in the high alpine of Colorado. There has got to be a ton of stuff hidden in the backcountry. |
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So, you'd rather fall off a crack on a boulder and deal with broken ankles and shit versus just learning how to place gear and not hit the ground!?! |
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It is an ODD one to me too. Why not just CLIMB the real deal instead of pebble hopping? |
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Mike Lane wrote:So, you'd rather fall off a crack on a boulder and deal with broken ankles and shit versus just learning how to place gear and not hit the ground!?!Huh. You got it backwards learn to lead (TRAD) then look for the boulder problems likely you'll just find more crack climbs and skip the bouldering |
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John Marsella wrote:If you go thru Fort Collins, CO, then hit up Piano Boulders (theres a shorty crack there); Duncan's Ridge and Rotary Park (there are a few crack-highballs there). I don't know how hard you're looking to boulder, but those are all in the "pretty easy" range. Not worth a special trip in and of itself, but if you're passing through it's a nice afternoon.What crack highballs are in Rotary? Duncan's is good and clean, if you don't mind V-easy climbing. I can't stand to highball though so I always rope up, and it makes for a good hour or two. Piano boulders are hardly worth it. There is one, maybe two problems worth doing for about ten minutes. Just skip it, walk across the street and spend a few more minutes at Duncan's. |
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Also, the Cats Eye Face at Horsetooth Resevoir has a couple good cracks nearby (including the roof on the face), worth checking out if you have an afternoon free in Fort Collins. |
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depending where you are in CO might want to check out vedauwoo wyoming. Only 2hr away from denver. |
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Breashears Crack at Morrison. |
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Bryan Ferguson wrote:Breashears Crack at Morrison. This is very fun. Watch out for your ankles, though, it hurts if you blow it. |
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Cloudwalker, Pat's Crack, Poudre Canyon. Seurat, Mount Evans Area A. There are several cracks that have and have not been climbed at Lincoln Lake at Mount Evans. |
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The Gill Crack. Boulder Canyon. V4 maybe? |
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Sean if you end up in this neck of our scorched woods I'd suggest the 5.10 crack @ the corridor boulders near Woodland Park. |