Highlander Crag Rock Climbing
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Elevation: | 10,000 ft | 3,048 m |
GPS: |
40.3056, -105.5232 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Page Views: | 2,066 total · 9/month | |
Shared By: | Leo Paik on May 31, 2007 | |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Per Julius Beres & Matt B: $2 timed entry permits issued by RMNP are definitely required if you arrive after 9a and before 3p.
Per Bob Siegrist: as of 6/11/20, the parking areas are no longer blocked off. RMNP is open.
Per Matt B: this area is currently closed to all visitors due to temporary RMNP closures. The entire parking area is blocked off. Please do not threaten access to this area by climbing during this closure to all visitors.
Per Bob Siegrist: as of 6/11/20, the parking areas are no longer blocked off. RMNP is open.
Per Matt B: this area is currently closed to all visitors due to temporary RMNP closures. The entire parking area is blocked off. Please do not threaten access to this area by climbing during this closure to all visitors.
Description
This crag is seldom visited. It is a 300' slab directly south of the Upper Great Face. The rock is a little loose and dirty.
There may only be a route or two here. Highlander and Soft Target are established routes here.
This organizational entry was added, since Soft Target was submitted and was on the Lower Great Face page.
There may only be a route or two here. Highlander and Soft Target are established routes here.
This organizational entry was added, since Soft Target was submitted and was on the Lower Great Face page.
Getting There
There are 2 approaches to this crag. Neither is a trail. Expect an hour at least to approach. Get your bearings before heading into the trees. Use the Upper Great Face as a target. Both approaches will require some reorientation once you clear the trees. The first starts from the Twin Sister's Trailhead off Hwy 7, past the Lily Lake Visitor Center, S of Estes Park, just across from Lily Lake. Hike along the trail for perhaps a half mile to the third switchback, then head up the hill. Not very specific but that is what it is. The other approach is signed as private property just past the Baldpate Inn, off Hwy 7, across from Lily Lake. There is a chained-off dirt road that indicates you can hike private property lines the road. At some point a short distance down the road, you can break off uphill from the dirt road, go up through the forest, and reorient when you clear the trees.
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