My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

All Locations > Colorado > Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Hallett Peak > Culp-Bossier (5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c)

My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

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Taken From Flattop Trail, 3 August, 2002 by Paddy McCarthy.

Looking down on pitch 6.

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LawHous

Jul 2, 2013

“My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!”

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The entire route as seen from the ground below the route.

Dakota and Chad ropeless on the Culp-Bossier.

Culp Bossier, RMNP, CO. Photo by Mike Cork.

Taken From Flattop Trail, 3 August, 2002 by Paddy McCarthy.

My partner and I got really off route between the 4th and 5th pitch. Extremely scary and chossy. Avoid this mistake and do not follow the crack after 4th belay. Get off crack, and go left fairly soon after leaving grassy belay ledge on to easy, run out face climbing!

Looking down on pitch 6.

Seems like everyone does the top half slightly differently. Here's what we did, which ties in with Charles Vernon's route description. On pitch 6 we did a rising rightwards traverse past a loose block and a piton, then continued traversing to a comfortable belay at the base of a right-facing corner.

Trevor coming up P7 of the Culp-Bossier.

Detailing which dihedral to take on P2.

Location of start of Culp-Bossier route.

John climbing up the ramp at the beginning of pitch 3.

Clay and Alex back on route, enjoying the big ledge atop pitch 4.

How we pitched out Culp Bossier with the two raps (dotted lines) and descent (yellow). The lines are approximate.

Jim following a pitch on the Culp-Bossier.

Hang'n out to follow on P5...and what a fantastic climb and view to enjoy!

Jim on lead halfway up the Culp-Bossier.

The good

The view from the top can't be beat!

Pitch 5 heads up the left side of the Nose, climbing mostly face.

5th pitch of Culp-Bossier. Seems to be a mystery, everyone we asked couldn't describe it. From the big ledge, we went towards the white and organge roof and belayed in left-facing corner near an orange spot for the top of the 4th. The 5th pitch ran up and right to another left-facing corner and up groove/crack to right side of the big roof. Good gear and moderate moves. Note red line.

Fun!

Dylan somewhere on the headwall.

Pard near the end of the 1st pitch (of 8?), (Culp-Bossier).

The grassy lunch ledge on top of P3.<br>
Photo taken by Errett Allen on August 15, 2003.

Dakota and Chad below Hallet

Starting up pitch 2. Head through the notch in the upper left. This is a good landmark that you can see from the ground.

Colin Wann leads the second pitch.

Climber on Culp-Bossier.

Jim at the belay stance right before starting the final pitch.

Pitch 7, one of the best pitches on the route. Steep face to steep crack.

Looking up the last pitch (pitch 8). Go up and then right of the large, right-facing corner.

Climbers on Culp-Bossier?

Alex charging up the beautiful 5th pitch.

Eric on the Culp.

Ethan belaying me at the top of p6

The right-facing dihedral on pitch 1.

Keith Lober Leading the 4th pitch up the great white corner.

A piton at the belay at the top of pitch 6. I went pretty far right after the dihedral and belayed sitting on top of a large block below a ramp. This was a comfortable belay and a natural belay for the next pitch.

off route on culp bossier-not my photo

Nice exposure on a perfect summer day.

Moving right from the start of P7 instead of the direct face climbing above. A right-facing corner follows the ramp, ending just in time to step left and work your way up to the crux.

Unprotected traverse beneath the roof on pitch 8 to the corner/cracks to the summit.

Looking at the start of the climb. The obvious, middle dihedral is seen at the top of this photo.

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