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39.12042, -106.70159 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | scott e. tarrant on Apr 14, 2009 |
| Admins: | Alvaro Arnal, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
Description
This has the closest camping to Aspen.
It is North / Northeast-facing.
The area is generally uncrowded. It is a great mid-summer crag. If willing to suffer some post holing and a little wetness, one can access this crag in early spring as it is accessed below the Independence Pass closure gate. Chilly temps make sticky rubber!
There is bullet granite with a great mixture of routes.
It is North / Northeast-facing.
The area is generally uncrowded. It is a great mid-summer crag. If willing to suffer some post holing and a little wetness, one can access this crag in early spring as it is accessed below the Independence Pass closure gate. Chilly temps make sticky rubber!
There is bullet granite with a great mixture of routes.
Getting There
From Difficult Campground day use parking (3.6 miles east of Aspen), take Difficult Creek Trail (TR 2196) over the bridge crossing the Roaring Fork River. Take the faint right fork in the trail after about 40 yards. The trail wanders west for a couple hundred yards where it crosses Difficult Creek (on a big fallen tree). Follow more obvious trail up to the base of the cliffs. The upper section of routes is accessed by some mad scrambling and fixed rope climbing.
Classic Climbing Routes at Difficult Campground
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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