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BETA PHOTO: South Lost Creek Wilderness, with Goose Creek trai...

Description 

From the Goose Creek TH, follow the only trail to a junction down at the first creek. Stay right on trail #516. Cross a bridge and continue into the wilderness area. Hike past the big, obvious campgrounds (popular with Springs area Scout troops). Soon there will be a departure to the left from the main approach trail. At this point the approach trail is the size of a wagon road, whereas the Riverside trail (my name for it; it is not marked at all) is scarcely bigger or more defined than a game trail. Follow this trail along the river as it brings you through increasingly concentrated bouldering offerings.

Getting There 

From the Goose Creek TH, follow the only trail to a junction down at the first creek. Stay right on trail #516. Cross a bridge and continue into the wilderness area. Hike past the big, obvious campgrounds (popular with Springs area Scout troops). Soon there will be a departure to the left from the main approach trail. At this point the approach trail is the size of a wagon road, whereas the Riverside trail (my name for it; it is not marked at all) is scarcely bigger or more defined than a game trail. Follow this trail along the river as it brings you through increasingly concentrated bouldering offerings.

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Castor 5.10+ V1+ R  CO : South Platte : ... : Riverside Trail

There is a boulder, the size of a house, with one big, clean, flat face, just steeper than vertical, split by a fine, looming hand crack. The only thing tainting this incredibly clean, perfect crack is the stripe of guano coming out of it. I found nesting materials on top, though not an active nest.Use the leaning boulder to gain the good jams. For most men with decently big hands, the jams will be utterly perfect for the first 5/6 of the crack's height. It gets a bit unnerving right at the top,...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO