If you had 1-2 days to climb in CO while passing through...
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What would you climb?? Never been, so hope to make the most of this short trip. |
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if you are in southern colorado i would suggest penitente canyon. if you are in southwest colorado near durango i would suggest east animas (trad and sport, single and multi-pitch) or golf wall (single pitch sport) and for bouldering go to turtle lake. |
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If you're going to be based out of Leadville Independence Pass is the spot for you. |
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Stop by the black canyon for one of the 5.10 classics! comic relief for an intro, scenic cruise, the great white wall, midsummer's night dream are all great routes. Short approaches and big walls!! |
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What month of the year? |
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Do what I did with a friend passing through for a long weekend, climb in Eldorado Canyon for trad and Cleer Creek Canyon for the sport routes. The sandstone in Eldo is amazingly solid and there's just something about that gneiss in Clear Creek for making good, hard sport routes. Of course the traffic noise is annoying, but you get short approaches. Look into Highlander Wall to get up away from it all a bit. Eldo, take your pick of walls and routes. |
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if you don't want to spend all your time driving Leadville has a few crags, Buena vista as a few more. the highest concentration of climbs near you will probably be the south platte area. check it out on MP, it has anything you could want. |
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The Davis Face in Buena Vista would provide a worthy nearby destination for you. I loved that place. |
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If in the Leadville area, MONITOR ROCK! Independence Pass. Check out the FY WALL. 5 new 3-pitch routes side by side. Check out my page to see topos of the multiple new routes that we've established up there! |
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Simon W wrote:If you had 1-2 days to climb in CO while passing through...I would go mountain biking in Eagle and Steamboat. . . |
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Independence pass has tons of amazing short approach alpine like climbing. Eschers is by no means alpine but if you are gonna be in the area might as well get on one of the steepest 10b's in colorado. |
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another vote for Indy pass. Bulldog walls for moderate sport, monitor rock for multipitch climbs. Tons more options for all of it up on the west side of the pass. Have fun! |
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Thanks for the replies! |
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Oh yeah, best guide book for Independence pass area? |
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classic out of print status definitely hit the pass, a lot of other suggestions in here are plain rediculous |
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Do you mean 8/8 and 8/9? July is over... |
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i dont live in CO but so there might be better advice on here but id recommend you go to Eldo and climb whatever classic is at your ability level. The rock is super unique and you wont find anything else like it. |