Rock Island I  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  5,593' Lat, Long:  40.0136, -105.3094 Map Page Views:  4,625. Good page?    Administrators:  Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monomaniac, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Leo Paik on Sep 20, 2006 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

BETA PHOTO: Island Rock, The Dome and Elephant Butress as seen...

Description 

This is a chunk of fractured granite that many folks pass as they go off to play on The Dome or Elephant Buttresses. Apparently this crag was developed as a drytooling locale. Occasionally, folks are seen here bouldering, TRing, drytooling, or occasionally leading. Since we're on a reorganization of BC & there's a route for this rock listed under a different crag, we'll create this for clarity. There are routes on all aspects of this rock. There is a bit on the N or NE aspect which seems to be particularly popular for beginners.

The route(s) in our database include:

A. Independent, 7 or M2?, 1p, 50'.
B. Unknown II aka The Broken Wing, 9- X or M4?, 1p, TR.
C. Destroyer, 10 or M5?, 1p, gear.
D. Unknown, 7+ PG-13 or M2?, 1p, 50'.

Getting There 

Park in either the small parking area on the N side of the road as for The Dome or Elephant Buttresses OR park in the huge parking area on the S side of the road, cross the road, and you're virtually there.

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Destroyer 5.10c  CO : Boulder Canyon : Rock Island I

This route is actually on Rock Island 1, and is pretty much right in front of the bridge. This route is also very easy to toprope, but you will need long runners to reach over the lip from the anchors.The starting point for this is about 10m from the 5.7 route called Independent Route which is in Fred Knapp's Front Range Topropes. Start under the roof, moving quickly left and up the outside edge of the roof, reach up to a good hold with your left hand and head for the sloping, right-an...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO

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Northern view of the island.	Eastern view of the island.