COLORADO
Climbing Trip Reports
table of contents
This page provides links to my growing list of climbing trip reports in Colorado, including climbs in Rocky Mountain National Park, Indian Peaks, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado National Monument, South Platte, Paradox Valley, Estes Park area, Crestones, and more. In July 2018, I spent the entire month of July in Colorado climbing. At the beginning of the trip, I was considering CU Boulder as a potential grad school option; by the end of my trip, I had decided it was the only place I cared to go. I began a PhD program in Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder in Fall 2019. In July 2022, I began working as a Monitoring & Data Analyst for LongPath Technologies based in Boulder, Colorado. Taking advantage of the remote nature of my work, I moved to Estes Park in March 2023, pursuing my dream of owning a small home nestled against the mountains. So there will be lots of Colorado climbing in my future!
You can access the trip reports by clicking on the interactive map below or scrolling to the list below that.
Clickable Map
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Alphabetical List by Area
Click on the dated links in the right column to go to a trip report.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
COMIC RELIEF BUTTRESS
(North Rim: SOB Gully)Cloaked Interpretation (5.11-, 6-10p, ~950-1500')
Comic Relief (5.10, 8-10p, ~950-1500')
Escape Artist + Lightning Bolt Crack (5.10-/5.11c, 7-9p, ~1000-1500')
NORTH CHASM VIEW WALL
(North Rim: Cruise Gully)The Cruise (5.10+, 10+p, ~1800')
Journey Home (5.10, 6p, ~1200')
Leisure-Summer (5.9+, 6p, ~800')
A Midsummer Night's Dream (5.11, 6p, ~800')
Scenic Cruise (5.10+, 10+p, ~1800')
Boulder Area
ELDORADO CANYON CLIMBING
The Naked Edge (5.11b, 6 pitches)
various routes
FLATIRONS CLIMBING
Second + First + Third Flatiron link-up (Second Flatiron: Freeway (4th, 800'); First Flatiron: Direct East Face (5.6, 1000'); Third Flatiron: Standard East Face (5.4, 950'))
various routes on Regency, Royal Arch, Ameboid, Hammerhead, Ridge One, Ridge Three, The Slab, Seal Rock, Front Porch, Fifth Flatiron
1-2. 2019-present
Carbondale Area
Colorado National Monument
Crestones
Estes Park Area (not in RMNP)
THE CRAGS CLIMBING
The Golden Staircase (5.9-5.11, 18p, sport)
various routes at Wizards Gate, Upper Great Face, Lower Great Face, Crosswinds, The Enclosures, Highlander, Rib Rock, and elsewhere in The Crags
CROSIER MOUNTAIN
Crosier Mountain trail from Glen Haven (~7.5 miles round trip, ~2200 ft gain, snowy in winter)
LILY MOUNTAIN
Lily Mountain trail (~4.0 miles round trip, ~1350 ft gain, snowy in winter)
MARY'S BUST CLIMBING
The Brown Palace (5.11a, 6p, sport)
The Broadmoor (5.10b, 4p, sport)
The Devil's Backbone (5.11c, 3p, sport)
Violet Blue (5.11c, 3p, sport)
various routes
1-5. 2020-present
PALISADE MOUNTAIN CRAGS CLIMBING
420 Wall: various routes
The Checkerboard: various routes
Fairview Wall: various routes
Horsehead Rock: various routes
Jewel of the Nile Wall: various routes
Jungle Wall: various routes
Mikey's Island: various routes
Palisade Mtn West Prow: various routes
Saddle Tower: one route
Skull Rock / Subskull: various routes
Wild Rose Wall
World's End: Lower/Upper cliffs: various routes
1-12. 2020-present
ST. VRAIN CANYON CLIMBING
Observatory Rock: various routes
December Wall: various routes
River Wall: various routes
Button Rock: various routes
1-4. 2021-present
Flat Tops Wilderness
Fort Collins Area
Front Range Mountains: Non-RMNP, Non-Indian Peaks
MT. EVANS: THE APRONS
Second Apron Left Side (5.8+, 5p) + scramble to summit of Mt. Evans (3rd)
MT. EVANS: THE BLACK WALL
Cary Granite (5.11c, 4-5p, ~400')
Good Evans (5.10d, 5p, ~400')
Rainbow Highway (5.10+, 7p, ~800')
Road Warrior (5.10+, 5p, ~400')
JAMES PEAK
Snow-covered James Peak trail (~8 miles round trip, ~3000 ft gain, snowy)
Golden Area
Great Sand Dunes National Park
HIGH DUNE & STAR DUNE
~2.5 miles & ~ 6 miles round drip from Dunes Parking Lot, no real trail
Front Range Mountains: Indian Peaks Wilderness
ARAPAHO PEAKS (NORTH & SOUTH)
Trail+Scramble (~9.5 miles round trip, ~3650 ft gain, 3rd)
BLUE LAKE
Snow-covered trail (~11 miles round trip, ~1500 ft gain, snowy)
LAKE ISABELLE
Snow-covered trail (~9.8 miles round trip, ~800 ft gain, snowy)
LITTLE PAWNEE PEAK
Ridge traverse (3rd/4th)
MEADOW MOUNTAIN
(summit on boundary of RMNP and Indian Peaks Wilderness)Snow-covered Meadow Mountain trail (~7.8 miles round trip, ~2800 ft gain, snowy)
NAVAJO PEAK
Airplane Gully to Northeast Ridge (~10 miles round trip, ~3200 ft gain, 3rd)
PAWNEE PEAK
East ridge (4th)
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN
Snow-covered Beaver Creek Trail on east side (~14.1 miles round trip, ~3300 ft gain, snowy)
SKYSCRAPER RESERVOIR
Snow-covered trail (~9.6 miles round trip, ~2300 ft gain, snowy)
ST. VRAIN MOUNTAIN
(summit on boundary of RMNP and Indian Peaks Wilderness)Snow-covered Meadow Mountain trail (~8.4 miles round trip, ~3250 ft gain, snowy)
MOUNT TOLL
South ridge (2nd)
LITTLE PAWNEE-PAWNEE-TOLL LOOP
Little Pawnee - Pawnee - Toll (~10 miles, 4000 ft gain/loss, 4th)
Paradox Valley Area
Rifle
Front Range Mountains: Rocky Mountain National Park
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ARROWHEAD
Airhead (5.11d, 5p)
Arrowplane (5.11a, 6p)
Artemis (5.9+, 4p)
Bequeathed (5.10d, 6p)
Full Metal Jacket (5.10c, 3p)
Godfather, The (5.11b, 5p)
Goldfinger (5.11d, 3p)
Raindance (5.9, 6p)
Refugium (5.10a, 5p)
Ripsaw (5.7-5.9, 4-8p)
Shoshone (5.10a, 4p)
Warhead (5.10a, 5p)
THE DIAMOND (LONGS PEAK)
(also see LONGS PEAK for more 5th class ascents of Longs Peak)
Ariana (5.12a, 6p, ~800')
Black Dagger (5.11a, 3p) (+ D7 Pitches 1&2 (5.10b, 2p))
Casual Route (5.10a, 8p, ~800')
Curving Vine (5.11a, 6p, ~800') + Forrest Finish above Table Ledge (5.9, 2p) to summit
D1 (5.12a, 7p, ~1200')
D7 (5.11c, 5-6p, ~800')
The Obelisk Pitches 4-6 (5.11b, 3p, ~210', toprope solo)
Pervertical Sanctuary (5.10d, 6p, ~800')
Yellow Wall Pitches 1-4 + Forrest Finish (5.10, 6p, ~800')
HALLETT PEAK
Better Than Love (5.9, 7p)
Culp-Bossier (5.8, 8p)
Englishman's Route (5.8, 6p)
Jackin' the Johnson (5.11c, 8p)
Jackson-Johnson (5.9, 9p)
Northcutt-Carter (5.10b, 7p)
7-8. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a couple of less technical ways I have reached the summit of Hallett.
LONGS PEAK
(also see THE DIAMOND for more 5th class ascents of Longs Peak)Beaver, The (5.5) + Clark's Arrow (3rd) + Gorrell's Traverse (5.4)
Keyhole Ridge (5.5-5.6)
Cables Route on North Face (summer, 5.4)
Cables Route on North Face (winter or spring, M2)
5-10. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a couple of less technical ways I have reached the summit of Longs.
MCHENRYS PEAK
Dream of Babylon Burning (5.10, 7p)
2-3. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a couple of less technical ways I have reached the summit of McHenrys.
MUMMY MOUNTAIN
"Alien Rollout" (5.9, 6p, first ascent)
2-3. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a couple of less technical ways I have reached the summit of Mummy.
PAGODA MOUNTAIN
Crescent Ridge / South Ridge (5.6, ~15 miles round trip)
North Buttress (5.7, 6p)
NW Face (5.4)
NW Face (5.4)
PETIT GREPON
South Face (5.8, 8p)
Southwest Corner (5.9, 9p)
THE SABER
Kor Route (5.9-, 8p)
Southeast Corner (5.10, 7p)
Southwest Corner (5.10, 8p)
THE SPEARHEAD
Age Axe (5.10b, 6p)
All Two Obvious (5.11d, 8p)
Barb, The (5.10, 10p)
East Prow (5.9+/10b, 6p)
Kingfisher, The (5.11, 7p)
North Ridge (5.6-5.8, 6-8p)
Scimitar + Stone Monkey (5.12a, 5p)
Spear Me the Details (5.11d, 9p)
Sykes' Sickle (5.9+, 7p)
YPSILON MOUNTAIN
Blitzen Ridge (5.4)
2. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a less technical way I have reached the summit of Ypsilon.
ZOWIE TOWER (OTIS PEAK CRAGS)
South Face w/ variations ("Red-Face-Magic": One For the Red Team + South Face P3-4 + Magic in the Middle P5-6) (5.9, 6p)
LOST WORLD
Colossus Crack Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p)
Night of the Unicorn (5.8, 4p)
Welcome to the Jungle Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p)
1-3. Jun'23
LUMPY RIDGE
BATMAN PINNACLE
Batman and Robin (5.6, 2-4p)
BATMAN ROCK
Bat Crack (5.9, 2p)
Hand Jive (5.9, 2p)
Spaziergang (5.8, 3p)
Station to Station (5.9, 2p)
Cragging: Backbone Arete (5.11c, 1p)
THE BOOK
Cavity, The (5.10a, 1p) + J-Crack (5.9 C1 or 5.11c, 2-3p) + Outlander (5.10c, 2p)
Endless Crack (5.9+, 4p)
Fat City (5.10c, 4p)
Femp w/ The Cavity start and Hemp finish (5.10b, 3p)
George's Tree (5.9, 5p)
Isis (5.10b, 2p)
J-Crack (5.9 C1, 3-4p)
Loose Ends (5.9, 4p) + Cheap Date (5.10b, 1p) + Outlander (5.10c, 1p)
Osiris (5.7, 5p)
Pear Buttress (5.8+, 4p)
Thindependence (5.10c, 1p) + Visual Aids (5.10b, 2p) + Loose Ends (5.4, 1p) + Cheap Date (5.10b, 1p) + Outlander (5.10c, 1p)
Cragging: The 44 (5.8, 2p), Dead Boy Direct (5.11d, 1p), Endless Crack Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Fascist Drill in the West (5.11b, 1p), Fat City Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p), Fender Bender (5.11c, 1p, toprope), George's Tree Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Howling at the Wind Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Living Dead (5.11b, 2p), Loose Ends Pitch 1(5.9, 1p), Mission Accomplished (5.11a, 1p), Mission Impossible Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p), Pear Buttress P1+P2 (5.8, 1p), Road Kill (5.10b, 1p), Stretch Marks (5.11a, 1p), Thindependence (5.10c, 1p), Thinstone (5.9, 1p),
THE BOOKEND
Bombay Chimney (5.8, 4p)
Climb of the Ancient Mariner (5.10a, 3p)
The Corinthian Column (5.9, 4-5p)
Handbook (5.9, 3p)
Hot Licks (5.9, 4p)
Knight's Gambit (5.9+, 5p)
Orange Julius (5.9, 5p)
Pinch (5.8, 4p)
Sorcerer (5.8+, 4p)
Treebeard (5.7, 3p)
Unknown Chasm (5.7, 4p)
Cragging: Pineapple Juice (5.11b, 1p), Strawberry Shortcake (5.10c, 1p), Winds of Fortune Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p),
THE BOOKMARK / BOOKMARK PINNACLE
Backflip (5.9, 3p)
East Side (5.8+, 2p)
Fantasy Ridge (5.9, 4p)
Melvin's Wheel (5.8+, 3p)
Penis Chimney (5.9, 2p)
Romulan Territory (10b, 3p)
Sidewinder P1&2 + Joy and Tribulation P3 (5.8, 3p)
Star Trek (5.9, 3p)
Cragging: Backflip Pitch 1 (5.8+, 1p), Bellyflop (5.10+, 1p), The Goose (5.10b/c, 1p), Inside Straight (5.9, 1p), Manhole Cover (5.8, 1p), Melvin's Wheel Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p), Sojurn (5.11a, 1p)
CHECKERBOARD ROCK
Crystal Catch (5.9, 2p)
Cragging: Checkerboard Crack Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p), Rainy Day Women first half + Checkerboard Crack finish (5.9, 1p), Three of a Perfect Pair (5.10+, 1p), Ziggie's Brother Hank (5.10a, 1p), Ziggie's Day Out (5.10d, 1p)
CHRISTMAS CRAG
Cragging: Botany Crack (5.9, 1p), Men in Granite (5.9, 1p), Precambrian (5.9, 1p), Tree Crack (5.5, 1p), Face to left of Tree Crack (5.10b/c, 1p)
THE CITADEL
Heart of Norway (10c, 2p)
Cragging: Candyland Pitch 1 (5.10, 1p)
CRESCENT WALL
Cragging: Milk Run (5.7 X, 2p), Wintergreen (5.8 X, 1p)
GOLLUM'S ARCH ROCK
Cragging: Facial Hair (5.11a, 1p), Frigidaire (5.7, 1p), Gollum's Arch (5.10a, 1p)
LEFT BOOK
White Whale (5.7, 3p)
LIGHTNING ROCK
Short Circuit (5.9-, 3p)
LITTLE TWIN OWLS
Cragging: Knee Catcher (5.6, 1p), Little Twin Owls Crack (5.11a, 1p), Southeast Arete (5.11c, 1p), Undercling Right (5.9-, 1p),
OBSERVATORY DOME
The Telescope Gate (5.8, 2p)
THE PEAR
Gina's Surprise (5.4 R, 4p)
Good Timing (5.9, 3p)
Magical Chrome Plated Semi-Automatic Enema Syringe (5.7, 5p)
Right Dihedral (5.9, 2p)
Root of All Evil (5.9+, 4p)
SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
Bushes (5.8, 4p)
Dalke-Covington Pitches 2-4 (5.8, 3p)
English Opening (5.9, 6p)
Grapevine (5.8+, 5-6p)
Guillotine (5.10c, 5p)
Kor's Flake (5.7+, 5p)
Mainliner (5.9, 5p)
Mr. President (5.10d, 5p)
Plumb Line (5.9, 5p)
Progression (5.10c, 5-6p)
Sidetrack (5.9, 4-6p)
Slim Pickens (5.10a, 5-6p)
Turnkorner (5.10b, 7p)
Cragging: Bonzo (5.10b, 1p), Bosch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Pitches 1&2 (5.12a, 2p), Guillotine Pitches 1&2 (5.10c, 2p), Idiot Wind Pitches 1&2 (5.9+ R, 2p), Under Babylon (5.10+, 1p), Whiteman Pitch 1 (5.11c, 1p)
SUNSHINE BUTTRESS
Brown Haired Lady (5.7, 3p)
THUNDER BUTTRESS
Cragging: Single Pitch FA on right side (5.9, 1p), Twenty-Two Ticks Pitch 1 (5.7 R, 1p)
TWIN OWLS
Conads (5.9, 1p) + Wolf's Tooth (5.8, 2p) + Bowels of the Owls (5.0, solo)
Rooster Tail (5.9+, 1p) + Tighter Squeeze (5.8-,1p) + East Ridge Pitch 2 (5.8,1p) + The Bowels of the Owls (5.0, descent solo)
Tilted Mitten (5.8, 3p)
Cragging: Cackle Crack (5.8, 1p), Coyote (5.12b, 1p), East Ridge (5.8, 2p), Hagakure (5.12a, 1p), One of Life's Little Problems Pitch 1 (5.7+, 1p), Rooster Tail (5.9+, 1p), Second Thoughts (5.10a, 1p), Thin Crack (5.9+, 1p), Tiger's Tooth Pitch 1 (5.9+, 1p), Tighter Squeeze (5.8-, 1p), West Owl Direct / Silly Putty Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Yosemite Crack (5.9-, 1p)
UNNAMED LOCATIONS
Unnamed Location #1: Astropocket (5.12, 5p) + cragging
Unnamed Location #2: "Hackmandy" (5.10+, 5p, second ascent)
ANDREWS GLACIER & TARN
Snow-covered trail and glacier and cross-country (~11.2 miles round trip, ~3300 ft gain, snowy)
BATTLE MOUNTAIN
Snow-covered Longs Peak trail to West Slope (~9.7 miles round trip, ~3000 ft gain, snowy)
BIERSTADT & SPRAGUE LAKES
Snow-covered trail (~3.2+0.5 miles round trip, ~725+10 ft gain, snowy)
BLUEBIRD LAKE
Snow-covered trail (~14.6 miles, 2600' gain, snowy)
CHASM LAKE
Snow-covered trail (~8.8 miles round trip, ~2600 ft gain, snowy)
CHIEF CHELEY
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
CHIEFS HEAD PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
3-4. Go to "Alpine Climbs" section for a couple of 5th class routes I have climbed on Chiefs Head.
THE CLEAVER
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
CUB LAKE
Snow-covered trail, via Cub Lake Loop (~6.0 miles round trip, ~750 ft gain, snowy)
DEER MOUNTAIN
Snow-covered Deer Mountain trail (~6 miles round trip, ~1100 ft gain, snowy)
THE ELECTRODE
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
EMERALD LAKE (& DREAM LAKE & NYMPH LAKE)
Snow-covered trail (~3.3 miles round trip, ~900 ft gain, snowy)
FAIRCHILD MOUNTAIN
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN
Snow-covered Flattop Mountain trail (~8.8 miles round trip, ~2900 ft gain, snowy)
Ridge traverse (2nd)
HAGUES PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
HALF MOUNTAIN
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
LAKE HAIYAHA
Snow-covered trail from Bear Lake trailhead (~4.4 miles round trip, ~770 ft gain/loss, snowy)
Snow-covered trail from Glacier Gorge trailhead (~6.6 miles round trip, ~1040 ft gain/loss, snowy)
Loop hike from Bear Lake TH (~5.9 miles round trip, ~1000 ft gain/loss)
HALLETT PEAK
Snow-covered Flattop Mountain trail (~10 miles round trip, ~3300 ft gain, snowy)
Ridge traverse (2nd)
3-8. Go to "Alpine Climbs" section for some 5th class routes I have climbed on Hallett.
LAKE HELENE (& TWO RIVERS LAKE)
Snow-covered trail (~6.4 miles round trip, ~1200 ft gain, snowy)
MT. IDA
Trail from Milner Pass (~9.5 miles, 2300 ft)
from Timber Lake (13.2 miles, 3820 ft gain/loss, 2nd, 1 night)
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
MT. IKOKO
South Slope (2nd)
ISOLATION PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
POOL OF JADE (& EMERALD LAKE & DREAM LAKE & NYMPH LAKE)
Snow-covered trail and cross-country (~6.5 miles round trip, ~2500 ft gain, snowy)
MT. LADY WASHINGTON
Longs Peak trail to East flank (~7.9 miles round trip, ~3800 ft gain, snowy)
LAWN LAKE
Snow-covered trail (~12.6 miles, 2500' gain, snowy)
2. Go to "Multi Day/Peak Expeditions" section for an overnight camping+climbing trip to Lawn Lake
LONGS PEAK
Keyhole Route (~14.5 miles, 5100 ft gain, 3rd, summer)
Keyhole Route (~14.5 miles, 5100 ft gain, snowy, early spring)
Kiener's (4th)
The Trough (3rd, mod. snow)
Keyboard of Winds to Upper Keyhole Route (3rd)
Keyboard of Winds to Upper Keyhole Route to Loft (3rd)
7-10. Go to "Alpine Climbs" section for some 5th class routes I have climbed to get to the summit of Longs.
LUMPY LOOP (& GEM LAKE)
Snow-covered trail (~10.7 miles, ~2600 ft gain/loss, a bit snowy)
MCHENRYS PEAK
McHenrys Notch (5.4) to NW Ridge (3rd) to Stone Man RIdge (3rd)
McHenrys Notch (5.4) to NW Ridge (3rd) to Stone Man RIdge (3rd)
MEADOW MOUNTAIN
(summit on boundary of RMNP and Indian Peaks Wilderness)Snow-covered Meadow Mountain trail (~7.8 miles round trip, ~2800 ft gain, snowy)
MUMMY MOUNTAIN
Southwest side from Lawn Lake (3rd)
Ridge traverse (2nd)
3. Go to "Alpine Climbs" section for a 5th class route I have climbed on Mummy.
OGALALLA PEAK
North slopes (2nd)
MT. ORTON
Sandbeach lake trail to SE Slope (nd, ~11.4 miles, 3500 ft)
OUZEL PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd)
POWELL PEAK
NE Ridge (5.2) to McHenrys Notch (4th)
West slopes (2nd) to McHenrys Notch (4th)
PTARMIGAN POINT
Snow-covered Flattop Mountain trail (~10.6 miles round trip, ~3300 ft gain, snowy)
MT. RICHTHOFEN
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
ST. VRAIN MOUNTAIN
(summit on boundary of RMNP and Indian Peaks Wilderness)Snow-covered Meadow Mountain trail (~8.4 miles round trip, ~3250 ft gain, snowy)
SANDBEACH LAKE
Snow-covered trail (~9 miles, 2000' gain, snowy)
On way to Mt. Orton (~11.4 miles, 3500 ft)
SOUTH SIGNAL MOUNTAIN & SIGNAL MOUNTAIN
(South Signal on boundary of RMNP)Snow-covered Bulwark Ridge trail (~12.5 miles round trip, ~3600 ft gain, snowy)
SKY POND (& LAKE OF GLASS & THE LOCH)
Sky Pond and Lake of Glass: Snow-covered trail (~9 miles round trip, ~1800 ft gain, snowy)
The Loch only: Snow-covered trail (~6 miles round trip, ~1000 ft gain, snowy)
SPECTACLE LAKES (& YPSILON LAKE)
Snow-covered trail (~12 miles round trip, ~3000 ft gain, snowy)
SPRAGUE MOUNTAIN
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
STATIC PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
STORM PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
THE STONEMAN
Summit (5.9)
TAYLOR PEAK
Ridge traverse (2nd/3rd)
THATCHTOP MOUNTAIN
East Ridge (5.4)
S-Shaped gully to South Slope (~9.3 miles, 3500 ft gain, snowy)
3. Go to "Multi Day/Peak Expeditions" section for a summer ascent of Thathtop.
TWIN SISTERS PEAK
Twin Sisters trail (~7.5 miles round trip, ~2500 ft gain, snowy in winter)
UPPER GLACIER GORGE (& MILLS, JEWEL, BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, ITALY, FROZEN LAKES)
Snow-covered trail (~10-12 miles round trip, ~2000-2700 ft gain, snowy)
YPSILON MOUNTAIN
Ridge traverse (2nd)
2. Go to "Alpine Climbs" section for a 5th class route I have climbed on Ypsilon.
"A WALK IN THE PARK" TRAVERSE (AKA "THE GREAT WHEEL")
Thatchtop - Powell - McHenrys - Chiefs Head - Pagoda - Longs - Stone - Half (~15 miles, rock up to 5.4, 13 hours car to car)
"ESTES SKYLINE HIGH ROUTE"
Mummy - Hauges - Fairchild - Ida - Chief Cheley - Taylor - Powell (~50 miles, 3rd class, 3.5 days)
Mummy - Hauges - Fairchild - Ypsilon - Ida - Chief Cheley - Sprague - Taylor - Powell - McHenrys - Stoneman - Chiefs Head - Pagoda - Longs - Meeker (~50 miles, rock up to 5.4, 3.5 days)
LAWN LAKE OVERNIGHT
from Lawn Lake trailhead, summit Mummy Mtn + work on new route + fishing + exploring (2 nights)
2. Go to "Hikes/Snowshoes/Scrambles" section for a winter snowshoe to Lawn Lake.
MIRROR LAKE (+MT. IKOKO) OVERNIGHT
from Chapin Pass trailhead (~26 miles, 3.5 days)
NEVER SUMMERS OVERNIGHT 2021
The Electrode - Static Peak - Mount Richthofen (~20 miles, 1.5 days, 3 summits, up to 3rd class)
OTIS-HALLETT-FLATTOP LOOP
Otis - Hallett - Flattop (~12.1 miles, 4000 ft gain/loss, 6 hours car to car)
"WILD BASIN HIGH ROUTE"
The Cleaver - Isolation Peak - Ouzel Peak - Ogalalla Peak (~22 miles, 2.5 days, 4 summits and 6 alpine lakes, up to 3rd class)
Canon City Area
South Platte
CATHEDRAL SPIRES CLIMBING
THE BISHOP
Bishop Offwidth (5.11a, 1-2p) + Bishop Crack (5.12b, 1p)
BLOCK TOWER
Hurt Dance (5.10a, 3p)
Queer Bait (5.11a, 3p)
CYNICAL PINNACLE
Center Route (5.9+, 3p)
Wunsch's Dihedral (5.11b, 4p) + Breashear's Finger Crack (1p, 5.11d)
SUNSHINE WALL
Buckshot (5.10b, 2p), Fallen Angel Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p) & Deception Past (5.10b, 1p)
Gonzo's Lament (5.9, 4p)
Standard Route Pitches 1-3 (5.10d-5.11a, 2-3p)
Turkey Foot Crack (all 3 toes) + Rip Van Winkle + summit block (5.10b, 4p + extra toes)
DEVIL'S HEAD CLIMBING
Revelation Route (5.11a/b, 7p, sport)
various routes