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Arete 
Batman 
Deserted Cities of the Heart 
Duck, Duck, Goose 
East Face / Goose 
Loosey Goosey 
Love's Labor Lost 
Mother Goose 
Raging Bull (aka Cub) 
South Arete 
South Face 
Sweet and Innocent 

The Goose 


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Elevation: 7,380'
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BETA PHOTO: From The Slab, 4/11/02.

Description 

This interesting rock is kinda hard to find and has a moderately long approach (by Boulder standards). The routes on it are great and it is worth a visit on a nice Saturday--you won't have to worry about crowds here.

The east face routes are a bit challenging to decipher.

There are seasonal closures, so check with Boulder Mountain Parks.


Getting There 

From the Fern Canyon Trail, hike up the canyon until you see a clearing to the East. Hike now until you see a wood sign with red paint that says, "Fern Canyon." The trail starts about 50m further up the trail and is marked with a cairn. Follow the talus up to the Goose.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Goose:
East Face / Goose        Trad, 3 pitches, 350 feet   
South Face   5.3     Trad   
Mother Goose   5.7 R     Trad, 4 pitches, 550 feet   
Deserted Cities of the Heart   5.9     Sport, 2 pitches   
Love's Labor Lost   5.10a/b     Sport, 1 pitch   
Batman   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 95 feet   
Sweet and Innocent   5.10 PG13     Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet   
Raging Bull (aka Cub)   5.11a/b     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Featured Route For The Goose
Jason Haas 2/3 of the way up 'Batman' a good sport route (10b?) on the South face of the Goose, in the Flatirons of Boulder, CO. Photo by Tony Bubb, 9/06.

Batman 5.10b  CO : Flatirons : ... : The Goose
This sport route is shown in Rossiter's topo on p.68, but does not include a description in the book. It was originally bolted in the 1980s.Locate the obvious South Face route in a blocky dihedral. Move 20 feet left of this dihedral and locate a bolted line. Scramble up onto a ledge with a small tree to get started. Work up past a bolt to a small roof. Clip a second bolt, then pull over the bulge. Continue up past a 2 more bolts and a lost arrow piton over a lip. Climb an easy but runout ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO


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BETA PHOTO
View of the East Face on the approach from the North East.

BETA PHOTO: View of the East Face on the approach from the Nor...

Overhanging Rock, The Seal & The Goose (L to R) as viewed from the N/NW. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2006.

Overhanging Rock, The Seal & The Goose (L to R) as...

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By Leo Paik
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From: Westminster, Colorado
Sep 23, 2003

If you rap the S face from above Arete, Raging Bull, Sweet & Innocent, beware that pulling your ropes can be quite difficult. It may be wiser to rap to the W.

By Gold Plated Rocket Pony
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 15, 2010

This is a long shot, but I lost a pair of sunglasses around "Love's Labor Lost" on August 1st, 2010. They are Strike Kings and probably worth about 2 bucks, but I liked them. Mucho beer as a reward if returned.