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Rock Island I

Submitted By: Leo Paik on Sep 20, 2006
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac
Elevation: 5,593 feet
Latitude: 40.0136  Longitude: -105.3094 
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BETA PHOTO: Island Rock, The Dome and Elephant Butress as seen...


Description 

This is a chunk of fractured granite that many folks pass as they go off to play on The Dome or Elephant Buttresses. Occasionally, folks are seen here bouldering, TRing, or occasionally leading. Since we're on a reorganization of BC & there's a route for this rock listed under a different crag, we'll create this for clarity. There are routes on all aspects of this rock. There is a bit on the N or NE aspect which seems to be particularly popular for beginners.

The route(s) in our database include:

A. Independent, 7, 1p, 50'.
B. Unknown, 9+ X, 1p, TR.
C. Destroyer, 10, 1p, gear.
D. Unknown, 7+ PG-13, 1p, 50'.


Getting There 

Park in either the small parking area on the N side of the road as for The Dome or Elephant Buttresses OR park in the huge parking area on the S side of the road, cross the road, and you're virtually there.



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By Greg Howland
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 15, 2009

I lost a BD ATC-Guide two weeks ago or so up in Boulder Canyon. I think I lost it around the Dome/Elephant Butresses area (but could be somewhere else). I'm just a poor college kid with no money and now no belay device. If you found it and returned it, I would be extremely grateful and would be more than happy to reward you with some beer.