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Topo or book for Royal Flush in Frisco

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Veronica Horowitz · · Buffalo, NY · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 10

Wondering if anybody has any recommendations for either a guidebook, or a topo for the route Royal flush. Planning to climb it in Sept

Jay Eggleston · · Denver · Joined Feb 2003 · Points: 21,697

When  I climbed it we just used the description and pictures on Mountain Project as a guide and it worked out fine.

sandrock · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 200

Just follow the bolts

Veronica Horowitz · · Buffalo, NY · Joined Sep 2017 · Points: 10

the thing that concerned me about Mtn proj description is all the variations - don’t want to follow the wrong bolt lines

sandrock wrote:

Just follow the bolts

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
Veronica Horowitz wrote:

the thing that concerned me about Mtn proj description is all the variations - don’t want to follow the wrong bolt lines

The one time I tried to do it, we wound up on a not-great variation after the big sloping ledge.  Initially, stay right of the large cleft on the final headwall.

aikibujin · · Castle Rock, CO · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 300

I don't know if Royal Flush is in any guidebooks yet, the photo below can be useful as a topo for the headwall. There aren't that many variations, the route description on MP is a bit overzealous I think. Route finding was pretty straightforward when I did it 5 years ago, and by now there should be a well worn path (and a conga line of climbers) you can follow to the summit if you do it on a busy weekend. The only place you may get on something harder than intended is the first pitch on the headwall - "pitch 15", if you don't traverse left far enough. But the 5.9 and 5.10 merge after just a few bolts.

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
aikibujin wrote:

We did something in this area I think:

aikibujin · · Castle Rock, CO · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 300
Marc H wrote:

We did something in this area I think:

That's probably Aces High you did, the start looked like this? Look at the topo photo, if you're not starting at the top of the talus field in a relatively treeless area, then you're not on Royal Flush.

Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
aikibujin wrote:

That's probably Aces High you did, the start looked like this? Look at the topo photo, if you're not starting at the top of the talus field in a relatively treeless area, then you're not on Royal Flush.

It was a bunch of years ago, but that looks somewhat familiar. We got chased off by a storm and wound up rapping down the route proper, so eventually got to see it. 

Alex Zachrel · · Morgantown, West Virginia · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 50
Veronica Horowitz wrote:

the thing that concerned me about Mtn proj description is all the variations - don’t want to follow the wrong bolt lines

In all honesty its pretty easy to eyeball what looks harder and what looks easier. The name of the game is pretty much hopping up ledge systems, most of the "variations" are just a more pain in the ass way to get up to the next ledge, while the main line follows the path of least resistance. If it looks easier, it probably is. Royal Flush is honestly a great adventure to onsight, youll probably have to stop from time to time to take a second to reconnoiter and do some route finding, but its part of the game.  Its also really easy to bail back down a pitch and try an easier way up, or bail down the whole damn thing for that matter.

HughC · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 60

Did it just last tues. Pretty straightforward route finding. We used MP for our beta, including pitch combining. Trails in between walls are well cairned and easy to find.  

Ryan Franz · · Boulder, CO · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 35

I believe it's in the Summit Climbing Guide by Rick Karden, as well as the 40 Minutes From Leadville book. Can't speak to quality or usefulness of either one for that specific route, however.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Colorado
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