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Elevation: 8,349 ft 2,545 m
GPS: 39.13974, -105.19494
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Shared By: David HH on Apr 9, 2007
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC

Description Suggest change

Essentially at the base of the Sheep's Nose formation there are an abundance of wonderful boulders. I have spent some significant time working some of these problems and have only ever seen a handful of people around. This is probably not a year round location due to summers being extremely hot; however, I have bouldered here on sunny January days.

Edit:2/26/09 I have listed the boulders in a generic mode of A,B,etc. They may be listed as other names or numbers in other books. If anyone out there has any historical info on names and such I would be glad to update. Plus, I enjoy historical info on areas. Thanks!

Getting There Suggest change

Follow the directions to the Sheep's Nose formation. Once you turn right on Stump Rd. (0.8 miles from CO-67), drive 1.8 miles to a signed dirt parking area on the left side of the road. To avoid a ticket, park only in designated spots out in the forest, meaning that for Sheep Nose, this is the lot (link to the parking spot). There is a wash/dry creek bed across the road from the parking area. Walk up this until the trail obviously leads right and uphill to the formation. (The edit is courtesy of Isaac Palatt).

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Classic Climbing Routes at Sleeping Rock aka Sheep's Nose Bouldering

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V0 4
 7
Little Air
Boulder
V0 4
 12
Unknown
Boulder
V0 4
 4
Slab Problem
Boulder
V0-1 4+
 12
Unknown
Boulder
V1 5
 10
Unknown 2 aka Layback to Crystal
Boulder
V1-2 5
 7
Unknown 1
Boulder
V2 5+
 6
Unknown 1
Boulder
V2 5+
 6
Crimp Face
Boulder
V3 6A
 4
This Thing
Boulder
V4 6B
 20
V3 aka Big Air
Boulder
V4 6B
 12
Left Arete
Boulder
V6 7A
 9
Air Jordan
Boulder
V6 7A
 4
The Beast Within
Boulder
V7 7A+
 4
Into Thin Air
Boulder
V9 7C
 4
The Board Within
Boulder
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Little Air Air Jordan Boulder
 7
V0 4 Boulder
Unknown Boulder D
 12
V0 4 Boulder
Slab Problem Boulder D
 4
V0 4 Boulder
Unknown Moder Block aka Bould…
 12
V0-1 4+ Boulder
Unknown 2 aka Layback to Cr… Moder Block aka Bould…
 10
V1 5 Boulder
Unknown 1 Boulder B
 7
V1-2 5 Boulder
Unknown 1 Boulder C
 6
V2 5+ Boulder
Crimp Face Freestander
 6
V2 5+ Boulder
This Thing This Thing
 4
V3 6A Boulder
V3 aka Big Air Air Jordan Boulder
 20
V4 6B Boulder
Left Arete Air Jordan Boulder
 12
V4 6B Boulder
Air Jordan Air Jordan Boulder
 9
V6 7A Boulder
The Beast Within Beginning Slopes Boulder
 4
V6 7A Boulder
Into Thin Air Air Jordan Boulder
 4
V7 7A+ Boulder
The Board Within Beginning Slopes Boulder
 4
V9 7C Boulder
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