Ragnarok formation in the foreground. Raleigh Pea...
Description
This is a relatively uninteresting rock, with the exception of Fun Climb #101, one of the best multi-pitch low-end moderates in the South Platte.
Getting There
The approach is fairly long, although with some idea of where you are headed it doesn't have to be that strenuous. Pedal your bike along forest road 538 until you get to the Slabbo/Boulder Pile parking area. There is a faint trail on the north side of the Slabbo right below the rock- Follow this. Pick your way through open forest to the saddle between the Boulder Pile and Ragnarock, but the route is around the backside. Don't go too far before cutting uphill to the saddle, as the [further] gullies are steep and unpleasant. Now pick your way down and around to the SE face of the crag through the burn, watching for poison ivy along the base of the rock. You will see some old bleached slings hanging from the rock that make you feel like you are in the twilight zone, no one has climbed here in a long time.
By Jeremy Hakes From: Golden, Colorado Sep 24, 2007
This area (as well as most of the areas east of Chair Rocks) is not accessible from the west off of FR538 (aka Raleigh Peak Road) as of 9.22.07. Angry private property/no trespassing signage exists all over the place on the old forest road. Best to approach from the east. According to the signage, the new property owner is not a sharing person.
11/18/07 - This area is accessible from the Colorado Trail from the east side. The old FR that actually takes off from the Colorado Trail about 2.5 miles in goes directly to Ragnarok and Raleigh Peak and is shorter than the CT by more than a mile.
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