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Routes in Bolt Boulder (Boulder Below Twins Owls)
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Hang Left A2 |
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Hangover Overhang C1-2 |
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Podophile V9 7C |
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Podophile "Sit" V11 8A |
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Pop A Loose Nut V9 7C |
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V4 left of Pop A Loose Nut V4+ 6B+ |
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Vegetarians Love Granite C2+ |
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| Type: | Aid |
| FA: | Keith Loeber? |
| Page Views: | 950 total · 3/month |
| Shared By: | J. Thompson on Dec 31, 2000 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Access Issue: 2023 Seasonal Raptor Closures lifted 7/28/23
Details
Each year, Rocky Mountain National Park initiates temporary closures in certain areas of the park to ensure that birds of prey will be undisturbed during their breeding and nesting seasons. These closures begin on February 15 and continue through July 31, if appropriate. Monitoring by park staff and volunteers have determined that all remaining closures can be lifted on July 28, 2023.
Per Matt Coghill: the Golden eagle nesting activity has extended Lumpy closures through Aug. 15, 2022 on Sundance, Thunder Buttress, and Needle Summit!
Per A.Eaton: the raptor closures have been lifted as of 6/4/2022 at Lumpy for the following formations:
Twin Owls
Rock One
Batman Rock
Batman Pinnacle
Checkerboard
Lightning Rock
Per the Denver Post: as of Feb. 15, 2022, Checkerboard Rock, Lightning Rock, Batman Rock, Batman Pinnacle, Sundance, Thunder Buttress, The Parish, Bookmark Pinnacle, The Left Book, Bookmark, Twin Owls, Rock One, and the Needle are closed for raptor nesting. These closures will continue through July 31, 2022 if needed.
All areas [were] OPEN to climbing for the 2021 post July season.
Closures ending July 31:
Batman Rock, Batman Pinnacle, Lightning Rock, Checkerboard Rock - nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
Sundance - nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
The Book Area: Left Book, The Bookmark, Bookmark Pinnacle, and the entire Book formation (including Renaissance Wall, Isis Buttress, Pages Wall Area, and J-Crack Slab Area)- nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
Thunder Buttress and The Parish - nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
Twin Owls and Rock One - nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
Cathedral Wall - nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/…
When closed, the closures include the named rock formations and the areas surrounding the base of the formation. This includes all climbing routes, outcroppings, cliffs, faces, ascent and descent routes, and climber's access trails to the formation.
Areas not listed are presumed to be open. These closures will be lifted or extended as conditions dictate.
Description
This route isn't actually on Twin Owls. It is located on a BIG boulder about 2 minutes up the Gem Lake trail (as you would approach Twin Owls). I believe the Colorado bouldering guidebook called this boulder the "bolt" boulder - probably in reference to the bolt ladder that starts this climb. Anyway, hike up the Gem [Lake] trail until you see a large roof on the NE side of the trail. The route ascends a bolt ladder to the roof, then follows cracks out to the "point" of the roof. You can solo this route easily, by tying off the first couple of bolts. This boulder is a great place to tune up on aid climbing- there are four aid line of varying difficulty. None are long, but most will make you think! I'll report them all.
[Eds. Apparently, this route had no difficulty rating. It did carry the rating of A4 in Rossiter's guide. The comment below suggested it was C1-2.]
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