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Best Colorado Crack Bouldering Problems

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Sean Riley · · Keystone, Colorado · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 250

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?

Petsfed 00 · · Snohomish, WA · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 989

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.

There should be a lot in the South Platte, but there aren't that many well-known crack bouldering areas so you're going to end up either developing or discovering unpublished areas.

Sean Riley · · Keystone, Colorado · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 250

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.

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

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!?!

Locker · · Yucca Valley, CA · Joined Oct 2002 · Points: 2,349

It is an ODD one to me too. Why not just CLIMB the real deal instead of pebble hopping?

will smith · · boulder · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 35
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
Evan Sanders · · Westminster, CO · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 140
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.
Petsfed 00 · · Snohomish, WA · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 989

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.

Matt Hails · · Lakewood, CO · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 40

depending where you are in CO might want to check out vedauwoo wyoming. Only 2hr away from denver.

Bryan Ferguson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 635

Breashears Crack at Morrison.

teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596
Bryan Ferguson wrote:Breashears Crack at Morrison.

This is very fun. Watch out for your ankles, though, it hurts if you blow it.
tcamillieri · · Denver · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 1,140

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.

Sarugo · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 45

The Gill Crack. Boulder Canyon. V4 maybe?
Also, King Conqueror up Flagstaff Rd.

Tom-onator · · trollfreesociety · Joined Feb 2010 · Points: 790

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.
Bring tape, hand jammies, and liquid bandages for the unforgiving (think cheese grater) Pike's Peak granite.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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