Type: | Trad, 550 ft (167 m), 3 pitches, Grade II |
FA: | R Rossiter, 1988 |
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Shared By: | Tony B on May 18, 2014 |
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Access Issue: 2024 Crag Closures & Temporary Trail and Raptor Closures
Details
The usual crags are closed for climbing for raptor nesting:
See: bouldercolorado.gov/service….
Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:
flatironsclimbing.org/tempo…
Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.
See: bouldercolorado.gov/service….
Click here for the trail closures. Some are M-F, some are 24/7. These impact the Bear Canyon/Fern Canyon regions primarily:
flatironsclimbing.org/tempo…
Click here bouldercolorado.gov/service… for the latest in raptor closures.
Description
This is not a bad route but one of the fewer traveled on the East Face of the First Flatiron - in fact, the very last documented route that I got around to doing. The route is mostly solid and pretty good overall. The most noteworthy section on it is the middle, where the route climbs solid horizontals and incuts over brick-like cobbles for a fairly long section, reminiscent of the lower section of the route 'Butterfly,' also on the East Face of the 1st Flatiron.
From the 6th switchback, step off of the trail and onto a pine-needle ledge at the margin of the East face as for Atalanta. A chossy gully diagonals up and to the North slightly below you. Just above this, aim up and right to a nice feature above a small group of conifers and into a hanging, left-facing dihedral. This is one dihedral left of Atalanta.
A 70m rope will just barely take you up the first pitch to a good ledge and belay, passing the "brick wall" of solid square cobbles along the way.
A second pitch will take you up and just left to rejoin Atalanta and onto the final false summit of the East Ridge, from where you can belay and then un-rope and scramble over, (or lead) a final pitch to the true summit and rap down.
From the 6th switchback, step off of the trail and onto a pine-needle ledge at the margin of the East face as for Atalanta. A chossy gully diagonals up and to the North slightly below you. Just above this, aim up and right to a nice feature above a small group of conifers and into a hanging, left-facing dihedral. This is one dihedral left of Atalanta.
A 70m rope will just barely take you up the first pitch to a good ledge and belay, passing the "brick wall" of solid square cobbles along the way.
A second pitch will take you up and just left to rejoin Atalanta and onto the final false summit of the East Ridge, from where you can belay and then un-rope and scramble over, (or lead) a final pitch to the true summit and rap down.
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